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U.S. BIOCHAR INITIATIVE

A not-for-profit organization promoting the sustainable production and use of biochar through research, policy, technology and doing it!

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About Biochar (Home page):

The benefits of biochar including nourishing soils, protecting water quality, providing market value to biomass waste, creating clean energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG's) and sequestering CO2.

 

Biochar's Integrated Solution Strategy:

A graphic depicting the biochar carbon cycle.

  • Biochar's Integrated Solution Strategy .pdf

Legislation:

Bills that haven been introduced and how you can help.

Biochar Then and Now:

Includes biochar's history as a soil amendment as well as how it can be applied now.

  • Biochar Then and Now .pdf

Biochar Production:

How biochar has been produced ranging from the Ancient Amazonians to today's industries.

  • Biochar Production .pdf

Soil and Water Benefits of Biochar:

How biochar enhances crop yield, enriches soil and protects water.

  • Soil and Water Benefits of Biochar .pdf

Biochar and Forest Ecosystems:

How to improve the health of our forests while utilizing biochar.

  • Biochar and Forest Ecosystems .pdf

Biochar and Renewable Energy from Biomass:

What biomass is and how we can utilize it.

  • Biochar and Renewable Energy from Biomass .pdf

Biochar Slows Climate Change:

An overview of climate change, carbon sequestration and how biochar can help.

  • Biochar Slows Climate Change .pdf

Conferences:

A list of past and current conferences pertaining to biochar.

  • 2010 Biochar Conference in Iowa .pdf
  • 2010 GSA Conference in Colorado .pdf

Regional Chapters:

A list of biochar organizations in North America.

Biochar in the Media:

Links to various press articles and publications, interviews, documentaries and books concerning biochar and its benefits.

  • Biochar Hero Johannes Lehmann Testifies to Congress .pdf
  • Biochar: One Way to Deal With More Fire Prone Forests .pdf
  • Biochar the Key to Carbon Negative Biofuels .pdf
  • Biomass to Energy and Climate Solutions in Montana .pdf
  • Farming for 9 Billion People - The New York Times .pdf
  • Montana Governors Office Letter of Support .pdf
  • The Economist Features CEES Biochar Conference .pdf

Links/Resources:

Biochar related organizations, links, research and blogs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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