Soil carbon markets: science or snake-oil?

This presentation covers:
Why all the hype about soil carbon?
Soil carbon sequestration and carbon cycling
Challenges in measuring statistical changes in soil carbon over time
Benefits of improved soil organic carbon, including mitigation of global warming and drought resilience, water holding capacity, improvements in biodiversity
Interventions or practice changes for increasing soil carbon
Costs of participating in soil carbon markets
Income from soil carbon markets and indicative soil carbon losses
Income from soil carbon markets vs income from improved productivity
Soil carbon stoichiometry
Selling carbon credits vs creating a carbon neutral product
Soil organic carbon vs soil organic matter
The contentious issue of additionality
Divergent aspirations: prosperity of an individual vs societal public good
Rethinking soil carbon markets: would a payment instrument based on soil carbon stocks rather than fluxes be more effective?