Visual Soil Evaluation (VSE) provides land users and environmental authorities with the tools to assess soil quality for crop performance. An important tool for ensuring food security, this book appraises the use of VSE in determining the potential of different land types for carbon storage, greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient leaching.

Contributions by: Anne Weill, Lothar Mueller, Tom Batey, Joanna Cloy, Mary Norton Scherbatskoy, Rachel Guimarães, Dick Godwin