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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.
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Biochar's Integrated Solution Strategy .pdf
Bills that haven been introduced and how you can help.
Includes biochar's history as a soil amendment as well as how it can be applied now.
- Biochar Then and Now .pdf
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
An overview of climate change, carbon sequestration and how biochar can help.
- Biochar Slows Climate Change .pdf
A list of past and current conferences pertaining to biochar.
A list of biochar organizations in North America.
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
Biochar related organizations, links, research and blogs.
A comprehensive list of companies that biochar and pyrolysis products.
Job postings in biochar related fields including research.
This page will post articles and publications pertaining to research on the production and application of biochar.
This page will highlight new articles, posts, conferences, information etc. Bascially anything that is new to our site.
This page will post articles expressing concerns about biochar and appropriate rebuttals.
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