<p>Foreword K. Töpfer<br>1 Societal Dependence on Soil’s Ecosystem Services; R. Lal, K. Lorenz, R.F. Hüttl, B.U. Schneider, and J. von Braun<br>2 Soils and Ecosystem Services; R. Lal<br>3 Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration; K. Lorenz<br>4 Food Security Through Better Soil Carbon Management; K. Goulding, D. Powslon, A. Whitmore, and A. Macdonald<br>5 Soil Carbon and Water Security; K.H. Feger and D. Hawtree<br>6 Forests, Carbon Pool and Timber Production; R. Jandl, S. Schüler, A. Schindlbacher, and C. Tomiczek<br>7 Ecosystem Carbon and Soil Biodiversity; G. De Deyn<br>8 Ecosystem Services and the Global Carbon Cycle; M.R. Raupach<br>9 Losses of Soil Carbon to the Atmosphere via Inland Surface Waters; J.J.C. Dawson<br>10 Why Pests and Disease Regulation Should Concern Mankind; W.A. Oluoch-Kosura A.W. Muriuki, F.M. Olubayo, and D. Kilalo<br>11 Natural Hazards Mitigation Services of Carbon-Rich Ecosystems; R. Cochard<br>12 Safeguarding Regulating and Cultural Ecosystem Services: Degradation and Conservation Status; B. Egoh<br>13 Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production, Stocks and Flows of Carbon, and Biodiversity; H. Haberl, K.-H. Erb, S. Gingrich, T. Kastner, and F. Krausmann<br>14 Soil Carbon and Biofuels; I. Lewandowski<br>15 Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services; Z. Bai, D. Dent, Y. Wu, and R. de Jong<br>16 The Human Dimensions of Environmental Degradation and Ecosystem Services: Understanding and Solving the Commons Dilemma; A. Singh, R. Wilson, J. Bruskotter, J. Brooks, A. Zwickle, and E. Toman<br>17 Soil Organic Carbon, Soil Formation and Soil Fertility; T. Gaiser, K. Stahr<br>18 Managing Soil Organic Carbon for Advancing Food Security and Strengthening Ecosystem Services in China; M. Fan, J. Cao, W. Wei, F. Zhang, and Y. Su<br />19 Research and Development Priorities for Global Soil-related Policies and Programs; R. Lal, K. Lorenz, R.F. Hüttl, B.U. Schneider, and J. von Braun<br>Index</p>