It looks like the biochar ‘industry’ in NZ has missed any opportunity to wave the black flag here, for N management. I have been following the public engagement from afar over the years, but there did not seem to be … Continue reading
The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change? Trees Between now and 2050, forests are one of our “most promising” geo-engineering tools. …But in a new report, Oxford University researchers say that our best hopes might not be so complex. In fact, … Continue reading
This press release should be of interest to NZ biochar community. Our response in NZ seems quite narrow – we have sunk a lot of effort into NZAGRC but maybe stopped looking at other ideas. Why not broaden the picture… … Continue reading
Healthy Ground, Healthy Atmosphere: Recarbonizing the Earth’s Soils Nice article – a ‘must read’ if you are into soils. And NZ is a partner in 4 per 1000. This is strange based, on our current farming practices. So I wonder what … Continue reading
Here is an opportunity to wave the biochar flag in the Waikato… http://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/Council/Policy-and-plans/Plans-under-development/Healthy-Rivers—Plan-for-Change/Events/Community-workshops-/ Note that we have missed the 1st two meetings but 3 more to go… Thu, 05Nov – Hamilton Tue, 10Nov – Otorohanga Wed, 11Nov – Reporoa Please … Continue reading
New Zealand’s post-2020 climate change target … has been announced and can be viewed from the MFE website via the linked headline above. You may think this cause for celebration but for me it is rather depressing. Its not the … Continue reading
Congratulations to Marta Camps Arbestain, Associate Professor Biochar & Soil Science Research at Massey University, who has been appointed as Chair for the IBI board. It is an impressive lineup of biochar experts on the board. The only NZ connection … Continue reading
Biochar applications to the NZ soil are not currently controlled in any way (as far as I know). This is not the case in a growing number of countries and jurisdictions. I am aware that there are rules or controls … Continue reading
The demise of New Zealand’s freshwaters: politics and science “Dr Mike Joy gives the 2014 Charles Fleming Lecture for the Royal Society of New Zealand as the 2013 recipient of the Charles Fleming Award for Environmental Achievement” The demise of … Continue reading
Rocket scientist, Paul Taylor makes a case for biochar industry in Australia (ABC radio, 11Mar14, 13min).
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-03/rural-tas-biochar-revolution/5312920