Winter2008/2009Newsle1er

Par$cipants from le1 to right: Physician to Pres. of Bangladesh; Deputy Press Secretary to Pres. of Bangladesh; Deputy Secretary to Pres.Bangladesh;Dr.AhkterHossain;Dr.Tajmeri SA Islam;Dr.DavidHansen;Dr.RayWeil;Dr.MustafizurRahman;Dr.BillRavlin;Dr.RaIanLal,PresidentofBangladeshIajuddinAhmed;Dr.AnowaraBegum(President'swife);Dr.RafiqIslam;Dr.Shivkumar;Dr.IqbalChoudhury;JulieChen;Dr.S.M.A.Faiz;PressSecretarytoPres.ofBangladesh.

Inside:ClimateChangeandFoodSecurityinSouthAsiaConferenceDhaka,Bangladesh……………………..1MSSRFPhaseIIVisit………..7VisiNngScholars………………8UpcomingConferences……92008PublicaNons……….…..10

INTERNATIONALSYMPOSIUMONCLIMATECHANGEANDFOODSECURITYINSOUTHASIA

(CWC‐TIE)Dhaka,Bangladesh,25‐40August2008

An interna$onal conference on Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia,was held in Dhaka,Bangladesh25to30August2008. ThisconferencewassponsoredbytheOhioStateUniversity(CWC‐TIE), World Meteorological Organiza$on (WMO), Food and Agricultural Organiza$on of the UnitedNa$ons (FAO),,EconomicandSocialCommissionofAsiaandPacific (ESCAP),UniversityofDhakaandthegovernmentofBangladesh.Themee$ngwasaIendedby75par$cipantsfrom13countries.

Theobjec$veofthissymposiumwastodeliberatetheimpactofcurrentandprojectedclimatechangeon(i)naturalresourcedegrada$on(e.g.,vegeta$on,soil,water,sealevelrise),(ii)foodsecurity,(iii)economicandsocialissues,(iv)mi$ga$onstrategies,and(v)policyconsidera$ons.

Thesymposiumhad4specificoutcomesasfollows:

(i)DhakaSymposiumDeclara$on,(ii)DhakaSymposiumRecommenda$ons,(iii)ProceedingsoftheSymposium,and(iv)Research,Development,andTrainingProgram.

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1.DhakaSymposiumDeclaraNon

Climate change has mul$‐dimensional impacts on agro‐ecosystems in South Asia, includingincreases in temperature,decline in freshwateravailability, sea level rise, glacialmel$ng in theHimalayas, increased frequency and intensity of extreme events, and shi1ing of cropping zones.Theyallimpactagricultureandtherelatedfoodsectoraswellasthegeneraleconomies,socie$esandenvironmentinSouthAsia.Con$nuedonpage2…

Agricultureisabearer,acontributoraswellasami$gatorofclimatechange.Smalllandholders(<2ha) and resource poor, subsistence farmers predominate in the region and contribute to CO2emissions. The per capita land area is <0.1 ha in many countries in South Asia and is rapidlydecreasingbecauseofconversionoflandtonon‐agriculturaluses,soildegrada$onandcon$nuedpopula$ongrowth. The seriousproblemsof soildegrada$onanddeser$fica$onare likely tobeexacerbated by climate change through accelerated erosion, fer$lity deple$on saliniza$on andacidifica$on. Subsistenceagriculture,characterizedby lowproduc$vityandextrac$vefarming, isextremelyvulnerabletoclimatechange. ThelaIermayconstrainaIainmentoffoodproduc$ontargetsintheSouthAsiancountries.

The symposium iden$fied several key recommenda$ons, knowledge gaps, and opportuni$es forpolicy makers, researchers and extension systems, interna$onal organiza$ons, and NGOs toimplement programs designed to minimize short‐term and long‐term vulnerability of the SouthAsianregiontoclimatechange.Principalrecommenda$onsareto:

  CreateaClimateChangeandFoodSecurityinSouthAsiaNetwork(CCFSSANet)andestablishaSouthAsiaClimateOutlookForum(SACOF).

  S$mulatemul$‐disciplinaryresearchonclimatechangeandfoodsecurity inSouthAsiaandiden$fy effec$ve mi$ga$on and adapta$on op$ons, including carbon sequestra$on indifferentecosystems.

  Ini$ateandstrengthencoopera$onamongacademicandresearchins$tu$ons,interna$onalorganiza$ons, and NGOs to provide opportuni$es for strengthening ins$tu$ons, humanresourcedevelopmentandcapacitybuilding.

  Developinnova$vefinancialmechanismstoscaleuptechnicalandfinancialsupportfortheadapta$oneffortsoftheSouthAsiancountries.

  Promote adop$on of mi$ga$on and adapta$on op$ons through payments for ecosystemservicessuchascarbontrading.

  Strengthen regional ins$tu$onal and policy mechanisms to promote and facilitateimplementa$onofloca$on‐specificadapta$onandmi$ga$onprac$ces.

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Dhaka Symposium Recommendations The international symposium on Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia was convened at the University of Dhaka from 25 to 30 August, 2008. It identified the following recommendations based on keynote presentations, poster papers and working group deliberations.

1. Create a Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia Network (CCFSSANet) and establish a South Asia Climate Outlook Forum (SACOF), both to be maintained by WMO. They will:

! Share information on management of climate change and related science, data, tools and

methodologies in South Asia.

! Generate data on solar heating as it relates to the effects of soot, aerosols and particulate material emissions on radiation balance, rainfall patterns, and regional climate change.

! Develop seasonal climate predictions to assist farmers to optimally adjust their planting

dates, crop varieties, and management practices to reduce agricultural vulnerability to hydro-meteorological hazards.

! Promote adoption of proven sustainable technologies related to better soil, crop, livestock

and fishery and water management in order to increase food productivity by enhancing use efficiency of inputs such as fertilizer, water, energy and labor. Examples of such win-win options include conservation agriculture, integrated nutrient and pest management, aerobic rice, sustainable fishery, crop and livestock production, biodiversity conservation and agricultural diversification, composting, integrated river basin water resources management and irrigation modernization, sustainable forest management, and plant/crop management to improve soil quality.

! Create mechanisms to pay farmers for ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration in

soils and reductions of gaseous emissions related to deforestation, degradation of agricultural soils, grasslands, and water quality improvement, and reduced emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from agricultural and forestry land uses.

! Improve collection and dissemination of weather-related information by improving weather

station networks to strengthen monitoring of extreme events and their impacts on food production and availability.

! Establish a regional early warning system of climatic risks.

! Promote insurance for climatic risk management.

2. Stimulate multidisciplinary research on topics related to climate change and food security in South

Asia including the following:

! Bio-fuel alternatives that encourage use of crop residues and dung as soil amendments while producing energy for household consumption in rural communities. These include algae farms, energy plantations and bio-digesters.

! Hydrologic cycles of major river systems and their deltas, emphasizing sediment transport,

fate of carbon transported by fluvial processes, subsidence and inundation of deltas and changes in mangrove swamps and riparian ecosystems.

! Infectious diseases and water quality as they relate to human health with a specific focus on arsenic poisoning, and nitrate and pesticide loadings resulting from conventional agricultural practices.

! Improved germplasm for tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses exacerbated by climate

change, such as increasing risks of salinization, temperature extremes, flooding, drought, pests and diseases.

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2.

3.ProceedingsoftheSymposium

Book:

Proceedingsofthesymposiumwillbepublishedasabook.Allinvitedspeakershavebeeninvited tocontributeachapter.ThebookwillbepublishedbySpringer, theNetherlands.Reviews and revisedmanuscriptswill be published bas a book en$tled “Climate ChangeandFoodSecurityinSouthAsia”,bySeptember2009.

4.FollowupResearch,DevelopmentandTrainingProgram

WMO, in collabora$on with OSU and FAO, is preparing a follow up research anddevelopment program. The program can be implemented onlywith availability of fundsfromWorldBank(GEF)andothersponsors.Strongpar$cipa$onofSouthAsianins$tu$onsisextremelyimportanttosuchac$vi$es.

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•  LeenaSrivastava,TheEnergyandResourcesIns$tute,NewDelhi,ClimateChangeinSouthAsia.•  AdSpijkersFAO,ImplicaNonsofClimateChangeforAgricultureandFoodSecurityinSouthAsia.•  A2queRahman,BangladeshCentreforAdvancedStudies,NorthSouthDynamicsinClimateNegoNaNon.•  Ra8anLal,OhioStateUniversity,ClimateChangeandSoilQuality•  DagfinnurSveinbjornssonandH.Bjornsson,UniversityofIceland,GlacierDynamicsandFlooding.•  FaisalHossainandDougAlsdorf,TennesseeTechUniv.&OhioStateUniv.,UnderstandingSurfaceWaterFlowandStorageChangesusingSatellites.•  C.K.ShumandChung‐YenKuo,OhioStateUniversity,GlobalSeaLevelRise.•  HarunurRashidandBryceRodgers,OhioStateUniversity,GlobalTemperatureChange:PotenNalImpactintheIntensityoftheIndianOceanMonsoon,FloodingandSoilErosion.•  Chris2anFranceLanord,CRPG‐CNRS,SuspendedsedimentvariabilityanderosiongeochemicalbudgetoftheBrahmaputra‐Gangabasin.•  C.K.Shum,H.Lee,D.AlsdorfandF.Hossain,OhioStateUniv.,TennesseeTech.Univ.,TerrestrialHydrologyfromSatelliteGravity.•  AinunNishat,IUCN,Dhaka,ClimateChangeandWaterSecurityinBangladesh:ConcernsOpNons•  SveinnRunolfsson,SoilConserva$onService,Iceland,RestoraNonofdegradedanddeserNfiedlands:experiencefromIceland.•  SongLiang,OhioStateUniversity,ClimateChangeandInfecNousDiseases.•  AmanatUllah,UniversityofDhaka,EmergingHealthIssueandClimateChangesinBangladesh.•  A.Momin,DhakaMedicalCollege,ArsenicosisinBangladesh.•  RichardDick,OhioStateUniversity,SoilMicroorganismstheFinalArbitrators:CantheybeManagedtoOpNmizeCarbonSequestraNoninSemi‐StableSoilPools.•  AnilKumarSingh,IndianCouncilofAgriculturalResearch(ICAR),OpNonsonCropProducNonforCopingwithClimateChangeinSouthAsia.•  SamsulHuda,UniversityofWesternSydney,Australia,MiNgaNonAdaptaNonStrategiesinCopingwithClimateChangeImpactsforImprovedCropHealth&SustainableFoodProducNoninS.Asia.•  CarolynImedeOpio,FAO,OpNonsonLivestockProducNonforCopingwithClimateChangeinS.Asia.•  N.H.Ravindranath,IndianIns$tuteofScience,OpNonsonForestryManagementforCopingwithClimateChangeinSouthAsia.•  FrancescoNicolaTubiello,ColumbiaUniversity,OpNonsonIrrigaNonandWaterManagementforCopingwithClimateChangeinSouthAsia.•  ElayaperumalVivekanandan,IndianCouncilofAgriculturalResearch,OpNonsonFisheryandAquacultureforCopingwithClimateChangeinSouthAsia.

ClimateChangeandFoodSecurityinSouthAsiaConferenceDhaka,BangladeshDisNnguishedPresenters

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ClimateChangeandFoodSecurityinSouthAsiaConferenceDhaka,Bangladesh

DisNnguishedPresentersConNnued…•  JunFuruya, (JIRCAS),ModelingEconomic ImpactsofClimateChangeonAgricultureand

FoodSupplyandDemand.

•  Harun Quder Yusuf, University of Dhaka, Climate Change: An Emerging Threat toAgricultureandFoodsecurityinBangladesh.

•  M.M.Haque,BARI,ImpactofClimateChangeonBiodiversityFoodSecurity.

•  W.Sultana,A.Aziz,A.Ahmed,BARI,Climatechange: ImpactonCropProducNonand itsCoppingStrategies.

•  Sultana Nahar,Ohio State University, Solar IrradiaNon of the Earth’s Atmosphere withSpecialReferencetoSouthAsia.

•  Kamrul Islam, University of Dhaka, Global Climate Change and its Effects onhydrogeoenvironmentofBangladeshCoastalBelt.

•  SangminNamandSivaThampi,UNESCAP,MainstreamingAdaptaNonintoDevel.Agenda.•  PakSumLow,UNESCAP,PossibleFinancialInnovaNonstoenableIntegratedAcNonsatthe

NaNonalLevel.

•  Selvaraju Ramasamy, Natural ResourcesManagement & Environment Department, FAO,Messages from FAO High Level Conference onWorld Food Security: the Challenges ofClimateChangeandBioenergy.

•  SanjaySrivastava(SAARC)(SDMC),AFrameworkforRegionalCooperaNononIntegraNngDisasterRiskReducNonandClimateChangeAdaptaNoninSouthAsia.

•  Mikio Ishiwatari, (JICA),PrioriNzing climate change adaptaNon in naNonal developmentplanning.

•  Tomonori Sudo, (JBIC), Donors' approach: climate change adaptaNon and developmentCooperaNon.

•  PrabhakarSivapuram,(IGES),ClimateChangeMarketMechanismsforAsianSocieNes•  Pramod Aggarwal, Indian Agric. Research Ins$tute, PresentaNon of Drai Regional

Framework.

•  DrM.V.K.Sivakumar,WMO,DiscussiononBreakoutGroupsandTermsofReference

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Coshocton ExperimentalWatershed), andDavidHansen (Rural Sociologist) visited thewatershedsinvolved in thiscollabora$veproject. Theobjec$veof thevisitwastodesignaresearchprogramthatwouldfacilitateassessingtheimpactofprojectinterven$onsonthenaturalresourcesbaseofeachwatershedwith par$cular aIen$on to soil,water, carbon andnutrients. This teamworkedwiththecounterpartsatMSSRFandthewatershedsitesoverthedura$onoftheproject.

OSU‐MSSRFPhaseIIIndiaVisitThe OSU‐MSSRF collabora$veprogram works with villagecommuni$es through out India onsustainable development issuessuch as the maintenance of safedrinking water. The Ohio StateUniversity is pleased to have theopportunity to collaborate withMSSRF on the community“Managed Bio‐IndustrialWatersheds for Sustainable Use ofNatural Resources and EnhancedLivelihoods” project. Several OSUcolleagues includingRaIanLal (SoilPhysicist), Brian Slater (GIS/Soils),Lawrence Brown (Soil and WaterEngineer),Mar$nShipitalo(ARS/

Thegoalofthispartnershipistosetinmo$on,a process of adop$on of recommendedagriculturalprac$cesthatwouldenhancefoodsecurity while improving the environmentalquality with a major emphasis to extendproduc$vitygainsonasustainablebasistothefarmers of the area under Alfisol (red soil),Ver$sol(blacksoil)andIncep$sol(alluvialsoil)represen$ng PudukoIai, Ludhiana andJabalpur respec$vely and also to enhance thelivelihoodopportuni$esofthefarmwomen.

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Visi$ngScholarsKeisukeOno is apostdoctoral research fellowatUniversityofTsukuba, Japan. The research program involves evalua$on ofrepresenta$venessofatowerfluxsiteinaricepaddyareaandes$ma$onofregionalfluxesusingeddyfluxmeasurements,aSVAT model, a modified Roth C model, and high resolu$onremote sensing data. Theses researches focus on the fallowseason as well as the growing season. Fallow fluxes arepredominantlyaffectedbyprocessesonandinsoils,whicharemyresearch topicatC‐MASC,OSU.Duringhis stayatOSUhehopes to carry out a study on dynamics of fallow carbondioxide and water vapor fluxes and their dependence onmanagementprac$ces suchas residuemulchand$llage, andtodeepenhisunderstandingofcarbonsequestra$onintocropsoil and sustainable agriculture. In Japan, he plays volleyballandenjoystrekkingandskiingonholidays.

WonKyoJung isavisi$ngscholar fromKorea.Hewillbedoinghisresearch,whichisOSU‐RDAjointresearchproject,withDr.RaIanLalattheOSUfornextanyear.He has been an employee in Rural DevelopmentAdministra$on in Korea, which is same func$onalorganiza$on as USDA‐ARS, as an agriculturalresearcher for past 19 years. He’s got BS and MSdegree in agronomy at Yeoungnam and KyungheeUniversity inKorea.He’s gotPh.Ddegree in soil andenvironmental science at the university of Missouri‐Columbia.Hehas studied inGIS and remote sensing,sta$s$cal analysis, site‐specific managementtechnologies related soil management and prac$ces.Hisrecentresearchinterestsarecarbonsequestra$on,energy and environment conserva$on managementand its policy realiza$on. Recently he’s got anoutstanding scien$st award from The KoreanFedera$onofScienceandTechnologySocie$es.Hehasserved as an editor of the Korean Journal of SoilScienceandFer$lizer since2007.He is livingwithhiswife and three children. He was a member ofbarbershopquartetandlookingforsingingchance.

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UpcomingConferences2009April27‐May1PrincetonUniversity:ThePrincetonEnvironmentalIns$tute(PEI),andtheScience,TechnologyandEnvironmentPolicy(STEP)programoftheWoodrowWilsonSchoolareorganizingasymposiumen$tled“FeedingatHotandHungryPlanet:TheChallengesofMakingMoreFoodandFewerGreenhouseGases”.

Manyscien$stsandresearchesfromaroundtheworldgetachancetomeettoexchangeideasonsoil$llageissues. Thesemee$ngswewill discuss soil $llage, soil compac$on and soil management.Sustainableagricultureisthemainsubjectforthiscongress.Formoveinforma$onpleasevisit:hIps://www.istro2009.org/index.php

InternaNonalAnnualMeeNngASA‐CSSA‐SSSA,Nov.1‐5,2009Pi1sburgh,PA.“FootprintsintheLandscape:SustainabilitythroughPlantandSoilSciences,”

InternaNonalSoilTillageResearchOrganizaNon18thTriennialConferenceJune15‐19,2009Izmir,Turkey

The purpose of this event is to: expand your knowledge with lectures,symposia, and 3,000 oral and poster papers; share ideas, successes, andchallengeswithyourpeers;connectwithcolleaguesfromaroundtheworld;learnaboutthebestandlatestproductsandservices.Formoreinforma$onpleasevisit:hIps://www.acsmee$ngs.org/

WorldAgricultureForumisholdingthe2009WorldCongressinSt.Louis,MOfrom18‐20May2009. Thefocusisonfoodsecurityinrela$ontosustainablemanagementofwater,especiallyforagriculturaluseinthecontextofincreasingcompe$$onforindustrialandurbanuses.

InternaNonalSymposiumonSoilOrganicMa1erDynamics:LandUse,ManagementandGlobalChangeColoradoSprings,Colorado,USAJuly6‐9,2009

The symposiumwill cover a rangeof topics on the vital role of soil organicmaIer(SOM)inthefunc$onandsustainabilityofterrestrialecosystemsandtheglobal carboncycle.ResearchonSOM inall terrestrialecosystems (e.g.,cropland, grassland, forest, tundra) is included.Aimof the symposium is topresent the latest research on SOM across the globe and highlight futureresearchdirec$ons.hIp://www.nrel.colostate.edu/som‐home.html.

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2008PublicaNons

BooksWri*en•  Blanco‐Canqui,H.andR.Lal2008.PrinciplesofSoilConserva$on.SpringerVerlaag,617pp.BooksEdited•  R.LalandR.F.FolleI(Eds.).2nd.Ed.“SoilCarbonSequestra$onandGreenhouseEffect”.SSSA

Spec.Publ.57.Madison,WI.RefereedJournalAr7cles•  Ussiri,D.andR.Lal2008.Methodfordeterminingcoalcarboninthereclaimedminesoils

contaminatedwithcoal.SoilSci.Soc.Am.J.72:231‐237.•  Jagadamma,S.,R.Lal,R.G.Hoe1andE.D.NafzigerandE.A.Adee2008.Nitrogenfer$liza$on

andcroppingsystemsimpactsonsoilproper$esandtheirrela$onshipwithyieldinaCentralCornBelt,USA.Soil&TillageRes.98:120‐129.

•  Lal,R.2008.ManagingsoilwatertoimproverainfedagricultureinIndia.J.Sust.Agric.32:51‐75.

•  Lal,R.,R.FolleI,B.A.StewartandJ.M.Kimble2008.Soilcarbonsequestra$ontomi$gateclimatechangeandadvancefoodsecurity.SoilSci.172:943‐956.

•  Mulumba,L.N.andR.Lal2008.Mulchingeffectsonselectedsoilphysicalproper$es.SoilTillageRes.98:106‐111.

•  Elder,J.W.andR.Lal2008.TillageeffectsongaseousemissionsfromanintensivelyfarmedorganicsoilinnorthcentralOhio.SoilTillageRes.98:45‐55.

•  Lal,R.2008.Cropresiduesassoilamendmentsandfeedstockforbioethanolproduc$on.WasteManagement28:747‐758.

•  Lal,R.andD.Pimentel2008.Soilerosion:Acarbonsinkorsource?Science319:1040‐1042.•  Lal,R.2008.Promiseandlimita$onsofsoilstominimizeclimatechange.J.SoilWaterCons.63:

113‐118.•  Polyakov,V.O.andR.Lal2008.SoilorganicmaIerandCO2emissionasaffectedbywater

erosiononfieldrunoffplots.Geoderma143:216‐222.•  Elder,J.W.andR.Lal2008.Tillageeffectsonphysicalproper$esofagriculturalorganicsoilsof

northcentralOhio.SoilTillageRes.98:208‐210.•  Starr,G.C.,R.Lal,L.B.OwensandJ.M.Kimble2008.Empiricalrela$onshipforsoilorganic

carbontransportfromagriculturalwatershedinOhio.LandDegrad.Dev.19:57‐64.

Books Written

Books Edited

Refereed Journal Articles

Chapters in Multi-

authored books

Invited Keynote presentations

Contributory Papers

Miscellaneous Publications Total

1 1 30 8 23 13 9 85

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2008PublicaNonsConNnued….

•  Blanco‐Canqui,H.andR.Lal2008.No‐$llageandsoilcarbonsequestra$on:anon‐farmassessment.SoilSci.Soc.Am.J.72:693‐701.

•  Lal,R.2008.Carbonsequestra$on.Phil.Trans.RoyalSoc.(B)363(1492):815‐830.•  Nyamadzawo,G.,M.K.ShuklaandR.Lal2008.Spa$alVariabilityoftotalsoilcarbonand

nitrogenstocksforsomereclaimedminesoilsofsoutheasternOhio.LandDegrad.&Dev.19:275‐288.

•  Lal,R.2008.Sequestra$onofatmosphericCO2inglobalcarbonpools.Energy&Env.Sci.1:86‐100.

•  Lal,R.2008.Sustainablehor$cultureandresourcemanagement.ActaHort.767:19‐43.•  Lal,R.2008.SoilsandIndia’sfoodsecurity.JInd.Soc.SoilSci.56(2):129‐138.•  Girmay,G.,B.R.Singh,H.Mi$ku,T.BorresenandR.Lal.2008.CarbonstockinEthiopian

soilsinrela$ontolanduseandsoilmanagement.LandDegrad.&Dev.19:351‐367.•  Lal,R.2008.Foodinsecurity’sdirtysecret.Science322:673‐674.•  Shrestha,R.K.andR.Lal.2008.Landuseimpactsonphysicalproper$esof28‐yearsold

reclaimedminesoilsinOhio.PlantandSoil306:259‐260.•  Jiménez,J.J.,R.Lal,H.Leblanc.2008.ThesoilCpoolindifferentagroecosystemsderived

fromthedrytropicalforestofGuanacaste,CostaRica.Ecol.Eng.34:289‐299.•  Jiménez,J.J.,R.Lal,R.O.Russo,H.A.Leblanc.2008.Thesoilorganiccarboninpar$cle‐size

separatesunderdifferentregrowthforeststandsofnortheasternCostaRica.Ecol.Eng.34:300‐310.

•  Lorenz,K.,R.Lal,andM.J.Shipitalo.2008.Chemicalstabiliza$onoforganiccarbonpoolsinpar$clesizefrac$onsinno‐$llandmeadowsoils.Biology&Fer$lityofSoils.44:1043‐1051.

•  Blanco‐Canqui,H.andR.Lal2008.Stoverremovalimpactsonmicroscalesoilphysicalproper$es.Geoderma.145:335‐346.

•  Blanco‐Canqui,H.andR.Lal2008.Axleloadimpactsonhydraulicproper$esandcornyieldinno‐$llclayandsiltloam.Agron.J.100:1673‐1680.

•  Abid,M.andR.Lal.2008.Tillageanddrainageimpactsonsoilquality.I.Aggregatestability,carbonandnitrogendynamics.SoilTillageRes.100:89‐98.

•  Lal,R.2008.Blackandburiedcarbonimpactsonsoilqualityandecosystemservices.Soil&TillageRes.9:1‐3.

•  Lal,R.2008.SoilCstocksunderpresentandfutureclimatewithspecificreferencetoEuropeaneconomics.Nut.Cycl.Agroecosyst.81:113‐127.

•  Lal,R.2008.Lawsofsustainablesoilmanagement.Agron.SustainableSoilManagement.29:7‐9.

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2008PublicaNonsConNnued….

ChaptersinMul7‐AuthoredBooks

•  Lal,R.2008.SoilScience:ManagementandConserva$on.InW.Pondetal.(Eds)“FoodForAll:Culture,ScienceandTechnologyofFoodinthe21stCentury”.

•  Shrestha,R.K.,D.UssiriandR.Lal.2008.Terrestrialcarbonsequestra$onpoten$alinreclaimedminesoilstomi$gatethegreenhouseeffect.In2nd.Ed.R.LalandR.F.FolleI(Eds.).“SoilCarbonSequestra$onandGreenhouseEffect”.SSSASpec.Publ.57.Madison,WI.

•  Lorenz,K.,R.Lal,C.M.Preston,K.G.J.Nierop.2008.Soilorganiccarbonsequestra$onbybiochemicallyrecalcitrantbiomacromolecules.In2nd.Ed.R.LalandR.F.FolleI(Eds.).“SoilCarbonSequestra$onandGreenhouseEffect”.SSSASpec.Publ.57.Madison,WI.

•  Lorenz,K.,R.Lal.2008.Carbondynamicsinurbansoils.In2nd.Ed.R.LalandR.F.FolleI(Eds.).“SoilCarbonSequestra$onandGreenhouseEffect”.SSSASpec.Publ.57.Madison,WI.

•  Blanco‐Canqui,H.andR.Lal2008.Cropresiduemanagementandsoilcarbondynamics.In2nd.Ed.R.LalandR.F.FolleI(Eds.).“SoilCarbonSequestra$onandGreenhouseEffect”.SSSASpec.Publ.57.Madison,WI.

•  Jacinthe,P.A.,C.D.Barton,S.Maharaj,andR.Lal.2008.Anevalua$onofmethodologiesforassessinggeogeniccarboninminesoilsoftheeasternUS.In2nd.Ed.R.LalandR.F.FolleI(Eds.).“SoilCarbonSequestra$onandGreenhouseEffect”.SSSASpec.Publ.57.Madison,WI.

•  Lal,R.,andR.F.FolleI.2008.Soilsandtheclimatechange.In2nd.Ed.R.LalandR.F.FolleI(Eds.).“SoilCarbonSequestra$onandGreenhouseEffect”.SSSASpec.Publ.57.Madison,WI.

•  Lal,R.,andR.F.FolleI.2008.Priori$esinsoilscienceresearchandextensioninresponsetoclimatechange.In2nd.Ed.R.LalandR.F.FolleI(Eds.).“SoilCarbonSequestra$onandGreenhouseEffect”.SSSASpec.Publ.57.Madison,WI.

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2008PublicaNons….InvitedKeynotePresentaNons•  Lal,R.2008.Improvingproduc$vityofrainfedfarminginIndia.In“Interna$onal

ConferenceonConserva$onFarmingSystemsandWatershedManagementinRainfedAreasforRuralEmployment&PovertyEradica$on”.12‐16February2008,NASC/ICAR,NewDelhi,India.

•  Lal,R.2008.Carbonsequestra$onimplica$onsforagricultureandconserva$onprac$ces.29January,2008,SoilWaterCons.Dist.Panel,Columbus,Ohio.

•  Lal,R.2008.ClimateChangeandAgriculture.29February,2008,TheNatureConservancyPanel,Dublin,Ohio.

•  Lal,R.2008.Managingsoilsforclimatechangemi$ga$onandadapta$on.AGPWorkshoponClimateChange,3‐4March2008,FAO,Rome,Italy.

•  Lal,R.2008.Soilcarbonsequestra$ontomi$gateclimatechange.ExpertMee$ngonClimateChangeAdapta$onandMi$ga$on.5‐7March2008,FAO,Rome,Italy.

•  Lal,R.2008.SoilorganicmaIerdynamicsandtheglobalcarboncycle:Impactonclimatechangeandtheglobalfoodsecurity.3rdApril,Univ.ofCordoba,Spain.

•  Lal,R.2008.Carbonsequestra$onandsoil‐climatechange.PlantSciencesIns$tute,IowaStateUniv.,Ames,IA,25April2008.

•  Lal,R.2008.Sustainingsoilqualityinawarmingplanet.NAS,18,July2008,Washington,D.C.

•  Lal.R.2008.Climatechangeandagriculturalsustainability.“GlobalClimateChangeandAgriculture:Interac$ons,LandUsePaIerns,andEduca$onalConnec$ons”.Symposium#11,EcologicalSoc.Am.,AnnualMee$ng,6August,2008.Milwaukee,WI.

•  Lal,R.2008.Climatechangeandsoilquality.In“ClimateChangeandFoodSecurityinSouthAsia”,WMO/FAO/OSU/ESCARP/SARC,DhakaUniv.,25‐30August,2008.

•  Lal,R.2008.Worldagriculturalproduc$onandclimatechange.RoyalSwedishAcademyofSciences,18August2008,Stockholm,Sweden.

•  Lal,R.2008.Improvingsmallscaleagricultureinachangingclimate.In“WorldWaterWeekSeminar”,17thAugust2008,Stockholm,Sweden.

•  Lal,R.2008.Restoringdegradedsoilsforadvancingfoodsecurityandmi$ga$ngclimatechange.11thNa$onalSoilSci.Cong.,“SustainableDevelopmentofSoilScienceandSociety”,24‐27Sept.,Beijing,China.

•  Lal,R.2008.Savannasandglobalclimatechange:sourceorsinkofatmosphericCO2.Intl.Symp.Trop.Savannas12‐17October,2008,Brazilia,Brazil.

•  Lal,R.2008,Roleofsoilsandfer$lizersinmanagingclimatechange.SymposiumonGlobalClimateChange,APAARI,21‐22October,Tsukuba,Japan.

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2008PublicaNons….InvitedKeynotePresentaNonsConNnued….

•  Lal,R.Mi$ga$onpoten$alandopportuni$es.Symposiumonglobalclimatechange.APAARI,21‐22October2008,Tsukuba,Japan.

•  Lal,R.2008.TheRoleofSoilOrganicMaIerintheGlobalCarbonCycle.Symposium“CanSoilsMakeaDifference?”.EuropeanCommission,12June2008,Brussels,Belgium.

•  Lal,R.2008.Managingsoilsinawarmingearthandrisinghumanneeds.GermanSoilSci.Soc.,4Dec.2008,BerlinTechnicalUniversity,Berlin,Germany.

•  Lal,R.2008.Carbonsequestra$onindrylands:Whereweare?Wherewemightgo?SecondConferenceonDrylands,DesertsandDeser$fica$on,14‐17Dec.2008,BenGurionUniversity,SedeBoqerCampus,Israel.

•  Lal,R.2008.GlobalfoodcrisisandsoilcarbonIn“SoilCarbon:TheNextCashCrop”.CarbonFarmingExpoandConference,Orange,NSW,Australia,18‐19Nov,2008.

•  Lal,R.2008.Growingsoilcarbon.In“Conserva$onAgricultureandCarbonOff‐setConsulta$on”.FAO/CTEC,WestLafayeIe,IN,28‐30October,2008.

•  Gisladour,G.,E.Erlendsson,andR.Lal.2008.TheimpactofsoilerosioninIcelandonatmosphericCO2enrichmentlanduseandlanddegrada$on:landdegrada$onprocesses,dynamicsoflanddegrada$on.IGU’sComlandConference.Taiwan,8‐13June,2008.

•  Gisladour,G.,E.Erlendsson,andR.Lal.2008.CarbonbudgetoverthelastmillenniuminthesoilsoftheReykjanespeninsula,SW‐Iceland.Raunvísindaing14.‐15.mars2008.Program/NaturalScienceSymposium2008,p.44.

MiscellaneousPublica7ons•  •  Lal,R.2008.“OurChangingAir”,PrefacetothebookbyR.DesjardinsandJ.Janzen.Agric.Canada,

ON.•  Lal,R.2008.“WorldFoodProduc$onandUse”,(A.R.Conklin,Jr.andTh.C.Thomas),bookreview.

CEANAIR36(2):141.•  Lal,R.2008.Blackandburiedcarbons’impactsonsoilqualityandecosystemservices.SoilTillage

Res.(InPress).•  Larkins,B.,S.P.Griggs,D.P.Delmer,R.P.Dick,R.B.Flavell,J.Gressel,T.Habtemarian,R.Lal,A.Pell,

R.J.St.LegerandR.J.Wall.2008.EmergingtechnologiestobenefitfarmersinSub‐SaharanAfricaandSouthAsia.NRC/NAS,Washington,D.C,237pp.

•  Lal,R.2008.MotherofNecessity:TheSoil.ForewordforE.Lichwouse(Ed)“SustainableAgric.”SpringerVerlaag,Germany.

•  Lal,R.2008.Foreword.In“SoilConserva$oninNigeria:PastandPresentOn‐Sta$onandOn‐FarmIni$a$ves”byB.Junge,R.Abaidoo,D.ChikoyeandK.Stahn.SoilWaterCons.Soc.,Ankeny,IA,28pp.

•  Dumanski,J.,R.L.Desjardins,R.Lal,P.L.Freitas,J.N.Landers,P.Gerber,H.Steinfekd,L.Verchot,G.E.Schuman,J.D.DernerandM.Rosegrant.2008.Strategiesforgreenhousegasmi$ga$oninagriculture.Agric.Canada,OIawa,Canada.

•  Blanco,H.andR.Lal.2008.Whatistherealpoten$alofno‐$llsoilsforsequesteringcarbon?CSANews53:10.hIps://www.soils.org/csa‐news.

•  Blanco,H.andR.Lal.2008.Cornstoverremovaldecreasessoilcarbon,impactscrop.TheOhioStateUniv.Extension.hIp://www.ag.ohio‐state.edu/~news/story.php?id=4306.

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2008PublicaNons….VoluntaryContribuNons

•  Gisladour,G.,E.ErlendssonandR.Lal2008.TerrestrialvulnerabilitytovolcanichazardsinReykjanes,southwestIceland.GeographicalRes.Abstractvol.10,EGU2008‐A‐08381,EGUGeneralAssembly,2008.

•  Gisladour,G.,E.Erlendsson,andR.Lal2008.CarbonbudgetoverthelastmillenniuminthesoilsofReykjonesPeninsula,SW‐Iceland.TheFacultyofScienceConference,Univ.ofIceland,March2008.

•  Gisladour,G.,E.Erlendsson,andR.Lal2008.Theimpactoflanduseandclimatechangeonsoilquality.IGUConference,July2008.

•  Shrestha,R.K.,R.Lal,andP.A.Jacinthe.2008.Enhancingcarbonandnitrogensequestra$onofreclaimedminesoilsinOhiobyusingorganicamendmentsanddeepripping.SSSA/ASA/CSSAannualmee$ng.5‐9October,Houston,TX.

•  Shrestha,R.K.,R.Lal,andB.Rimal.2008.Impactsoforganicfer$lizersonnitrogendynamicsandgreenhousegasemissionsinno‐$llcorn.SSSA/ASA/CSSAannualmee$ng.5‐9October,Houston,TX.

•  Mishra,U.,R.Lal,D.Liu,andB.Slater.2008.Evalua$onofthepredictorsofsoilorganiccarbonstockataregionalscale.SSSAannualmee$ng.5‐9October,Houston,TX.

•  Gisladour,G.,E.Erlendsson,andR.Lal.2008.Theimpactoflanduseandclimatechangeonsoilquality.TheIGUCongress,TunisiaAugust12‐15.

•  Gisladour,G.,E.Erlendsson,andR.Lal.2008.TerrestrialvulnerabilitytovolcanichazardsinReykjanes,southwestIceland.GeophysicalResearchAbstracts,Vol.10,EGU2008‐A‐08381,2008.EGUGeneralAssembly,April13‐18,Vienna,Austria.

•  Gisladour,G.,E.Erlendsson,andR.Lal,andJ.Bigham.TheIcelandicIns$tuteofNaturalHistoryseminarseries,AbstractpublishedathIp://www.ni.is/midlun‐og‐thjonusta/hrafnathing/greinar/nrr/733.

•  Jagadamma,S.,R.Lal,D.A.N.Ussiri,S.E.Trumbore,andS.Mestalan.2008.Efficiencyofwetoxida$onmethodsforisola$ngstablesoilorganiccarbon.Posterpresenta$on.SSSAannualmee$ng.5‐9October,Houston,TX.

•  David.A.N.UssiriandR.Lal.2008.Landmanagementeffectscarbonsequestra$onforthereclaimedprimefarmlandsoilsofeasternOhio.2008AnnualJointMee$ng,GSA,SSA,ASA,CSA,GCAGS,5‐9October,Houston,TX.

•  David.A.N.UssiriandR.Lal.2008.Compac$onand$llageeffectsonnitrousoxideemissionfromcorn‐soybean‐oatrota$oninsouthwestOhio.AnnualJointMee$ng,GSA,SSA,ASA,CSA,GCAGS,5‐9October,Houston,TX.

•  ChaIerjee,A.,L.Wielopolski,R.Lal,D.A.N.Ussiri.2008.SoilcarbonpoolsinreclaimedminelandofOhiounderdifferentagesandlanduses.AnnualJointMee$ng,GSA,SSA,ASA,CSA,GCAGS,5‐9October,Houston,TX.

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