BNNZ have supported a new media production effort focused on getting the word out to the public on biochar. This film clip has been posted to the BNNZ FB page. Your comments there would be welcome. Thanks to Joany & … Continue reading
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ANZBIG’s May newsletter provides the following announcement and also provides a link to the BNNZ newsletter archive. BNNZ are pleased to reciprocate in future newsletters. … Continue reading
Rod Laurence has been growing Paulownia trees near Hamilton for about 30 years. The timber produced from paulownia has long been in demand for specialist applications due to its unique qualities (https://www.nzffa.org.nz/specialty-timber-market/showcase/paulownia/). Rod’s plantation was hit by storm damage recently, … Continue reading
Turf master brings know-how to Yarrow Stadium main pitch project – Council Could we see the Allblacks playing above AllBlackEarth one day soon? Now, if we could get the national team to offset their rather large carbon bootprint via CDR … Continue reading
“In a first for the region, Craggy Range winery is trialling two water saving techniques in tandem: biochar and sub surface irrigation (SSI).” https://www.hbfuturefarming.org/news/article/31/craggy-range-trial-holds-water-nutrients- … Continue reading
Ralph Sims talks to … “The third and final section of the latest IPCC report outlines how we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as remove them from the atmosphere.“ He mentions biochar in the discussion… ““Soil carbon has … Continue reading
I’ve been a bit slow discovering this Global Research Alliance research summary in which NZAGRC staff are listed as contributing authors. The report does not get too excited about biochar efficacy but page 7 does keep the door open to … Continue reading
I’ve attended one of the virtual HWEN road shows and today, a followup Q&A session. I managed to squeeze in two short biochar related Qs from my phone. Both Qs were answered by Dr Jacqueline Roweth: 1.) “Biochar can be … Continue reading
NZAGRC has recently shared a report covering their progress in 2021. The report does mention biochar on pg30… I posted on this MPI commissioned report here: https://soilcarbon.org.nz/important-new-report-for-nz/ I can’t recall seeing any synopsis coming from the Wellington presentation but I … Continue reading
I’ve been very under-whelming recently on my posting the this site. A few months ago I managed to shut myself out of the site which is not a good look when you are the site administrator. Most of the NZ … Continue reading