Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico
Abstract Arid and semiarid regions cover more than one‐third of the land surface, where the interplay between water, land use, and management strongly influences carbon (C) sequestration. Yet, information on the C management practices and how local biophysical conditions affect the C sequestration p...
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| author | Rajan Ghimire Deb Raj Aryal Niall P. Hanan Sawssan Boufous Owen Burney O. John Idowu Hatim M. E. Geli Brian Hurd Lara Prihodko |
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| description | Abstract Arid and semiarid regions cover more than one‐third of the land surface, where the interplay between water, land use, and management strongly influences carbon (C) sequestration. Yet, information on the C management practices and how local biophysical conditions affect the C sequestration potential is limited. We explored the opportunities, research gaps, and future directions of land C sequestration in arid and semiarid regions, using New Mexico as an example. We also identified the major land use types and their potential for C storage and sequestration. Our results showed that innovations in cropland and rangeland management, protection of existing forests, and restoration of degraded forest lands after drought and wildfire enhanced C sequestration in arid and semiarid lands. Landscape‐scale C balance studies with fine‐scale mapping, improving water and nutrient use efficiency, and policy incentives to support farms will unlock the full potential of C sequestration in croplands, rangelands, and forest lands. Future research should focus on the response of land management practices to climate anomalies and their potential to sequester C and offset greenhouse gas emissions as a natural climate solution in arid and semiarid regions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce0d1d7deeed49d98995617f71ad827d2025-08-20T02:35:40ZengWileyAgrosystems, Geosciences & Environment2639-66962024-12-0174n/an/a10.1002/agg2.70019Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New MexicoRajan Ghimire0Deb Raj Aryal1Niall P. Hanan2Sawssan Boufous3Owen Burney4O. John Idowu5Hatim M. E. Geli6Brian Hurd7Lara Prihodko8Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USAAgriculture Science Center New Mexico State University Clovis New Mexico USADepartment of Plant and Environmental Sciences New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USADepartment of Extension Economics New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USAJohn T. Harrington Forestry Research Center New Mexico State University Mora New Mexico USADepartment of Extension Plant Sciences New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USANew Mexico Water Resources Research Institute New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USADepartment of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USADepartment of Animal and Range Sciences New Mexico State University Las Cruces New Mexico USAAbstract Arid and semiarid regions cover more than one‐third of the land surface, where the interplay between water, land use, and management strongly influences carbon (C) sequestration. Yet, information on the C management practices and how local biophysical conditions affect the C sequestration potential is limited. We explored the opportunities, research gaps, and future directions of land C sequestration in arid and semiarid regions, using New Mexico as an example. We also identified the major land use types and their potential for C storage and sequestration. Our results showed that innovations in cropland and rangeland management, protection of existing forests, and restoration of degraded forest lands after drought and wildfire enhanced C sequestration in arid and semiarid lands. Landscape‐scale C balance studies with fine‐scale mapping, improving water and nutrient use efficiency, and policy incentives to support farms will unlock the full potential of C sequestration in croplands, rangelands, and forest lands. Future research should focus on the response of land management practices to climate anomalies and their potential to sequester C and offset greenhouse gas emissions as a natural climate solution in arid and semiarid regions.https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.70019 |
| spellingShingle | Rajan Ghimire Deb Raj Aryal Niall P. Hanan Sawssan Boufous Owen Burney O. John Idowu Hatim M. E. Geli Brian Hurd Lara Prihodko Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment |
| title | Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico |
| title_full | Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico |
| title_short | Carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions: Insights from New Mexico |
| title_sort | carbon sequestration through sustainable land management practices in arid and semiarid regions insights from new mexico |
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