the substantial mitigation potential of forestry will not materialize without appropriate financing and enabling frameworks that create effective incentives for example policies in the european union to increase the use of biofuels including wood fuels for energy generation are affecting how foresters in the region manage their forests and how land in developing regions is used ec there are several reported cases of land grabs for biomass production which has implications for food security losses can be lowered or soc returns to the soil increased by reducing fires overgrazing and soil erosion or by recycling crop residues and manure large gains in crop carbon balances can also be achieved with improved crop varieties nitrogenfixing legumes and organic and inorganic fertilizers which boost the amount of crop residues available for returning to the soil improved water management is also a strong driver of primary productivity and complements all of those practices