Project

Carbon sequestration and ecosystem health in a restored tropical rangeland: assessing the effects of enclosures and grazing management

Code
01W01510
Duration
18 March 2011 → 17 March 2013
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Physical geography and environmental geoscience
Keywords
carbon sequestration ecosystem health rangeland rehabilitation enclosures
 
Project description

Restoration of degraded land is an omportant strategy for reducing soil-and environmental degradation and alleviating chronic pasture and food shortages in dryland savanna ecosystems. This study aims to assess the capacity of historically overgrazed semi-arid grassland soil to sequester atmospheric C and improve ecosystem health with rehabilitation throug range enclosure, and improved grazing management in a tropical semi-arid rangeland.