Batjes et al. (2024): Towards a modular, multi-ecosystem monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) framework for soil organic carbon stock change assessment
Niels H. Batjes, Eric Ceschia, Gerard B.M. Heuvelink, Julien Demenois, Guerric le Maire, Rémi Cardinael, Cristina Arias-Navarro, Fenny van Egmond IN: Carbon Management, 15, https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2024.2410812
Consistent and accurate monitoring of changes in soil organic carbon stocks and net greenhouse gas emissions, reporting, and their verification is key to facilitate investment in sustainable land use practices that maintain or increase soil organic carbon stocks, as well as to incorporate soil organic carbon sequestration in national greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Building up on an initial review of monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) schemes with a focus on croplands, grasslands, and forestlands the authors develop a framework for a modular, scalable MRV system. They then provide an inventory and classification of selected MRV methodologies and subsequently “score” them against a list of key characteristics.