Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Donald et al. (in press) misinterpret the central premise of the paper, incorrectly stating that we argue “carbon credit claims […] for increased sequestered carbon from early measurements are based on increases related to favourable climatic variations rather than improved land management”. At no point in our paper do we make this claim. Instead, our analysis concluded that “SOC stocks were primarily driven by rainfall,” while also acknowledging the role of improved land management in SOC dynamics.
Source: Carbon Management
Authors: Elaine Mitchell, Naoya Takeda, Liam Grace, Peter Grace, Ken Day, Sahar Ahmadi, Warwick Badgery, Annette Cowie, Aaron Simmons, Richard Eckard, Matthew Tom Harrison, William Parton, Brian Wilson, Susan Orgill, Raphael A. Viscarra Rossel, David Pannell, Paige Stanley, Felicity Deane, David Rowlings
Institutions: Queensland University of Technology, University of New England, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, University of New England, The University of Melbourne, University of Tasmania, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, Colorado State University, Curtin University, The University of Western Australia
Language: English
Subfield: Soil Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Life on land
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,590
OpenAlex ID: W4410359586