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Chapter 1 - Optimizing forest management for soil carbon sequestration: Andreas Schindlbacher, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria; Mathias Mayer, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria; Robert Jandl, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Austria; and Stephan Zimmermann and Frank Hagedorn, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland;

1 Introduction

2 Forest management and soil carbon sequestration

3 Case study: forest soil carbon storage in Central Europe mountain regions

4 Conclusion

5 Future trends in research

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

Chapter 2 - The contribution of agroforestry systems to improving soil carbon sequestration: Lydie-Stella Koutika, Research Centre on the Durability and the Productivity of Industrial Plantations (CRDPI), Republic of the Congo; Nicolas Marron, UMR 1434 Silva, INRAE Grand- Est Nancy, Universit© de Lorraine, AgroParisTech 54000 Nancy, France; and R©mi Cardinael, AIDA, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France, CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Harare and University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe;

1 Introduction

2 Improved soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry relative to other systems

3 Factors driving soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems

4 Other co-benefits of sequestering soil carbon in agroforestry systems

5 Barriers to improving soil carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems

6 Recommendations

7 Conclusion

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Chapter 3 - Advances in monitoring and reporting forest emissions and removals in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): Marieke Sandker and Till Neeff, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy;

1 Introduction

2 Summary of UNFCCC FREL/FRLs

3 Summary of REDD+ results reported to the UNFCCC

4 Outlook: whats next on MRV for forests?

5 References

Chapter 4 - Advances in understanding the role of forests in the carbon cycle: Matthew J. McGrath and Anne Sofie Lans¸, Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement, France; Guillaume Marie, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Yi-Ying Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Tuomo Kalliokoski, University of Helsinki, Finland; Sebastiaan Luyssaert and Kim Naudts, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Philippe Peylin, Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement, France; and Aude Valade, Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre, Spain;

1 Introduction

2 The importance of forest carbon content

3 Monitoring forest carbon

4 Mechanisms driving forest carbon storage

5 Are forests sources or sinks of carbon?

6 Carbon management as distinct from climate management

7 Future trends and conclusion

8 Acknowledgements

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter 5 - Climate change and tropical forests: Rodney J. Keenan, The University of Melbourne, Australia;

1 Introduction

2 Tropical forests and the global carbon cycle

3 Other climate effects of tropical forests

4 Changing climate in the tropics

5 Climate change impacts on tropical forests

6 Future tropical forest management: mitigation and adaptation to climate change

7 Future trends

8 Conclusion

9 Where to look for further information

10 References