Developing a Carbon Removals Strategy “New Zealand currently relies on continually expanding forests for the carbon removals needed to meet emissions budgets and the Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement. A broader portfolio of activities is needed to sequester … Continue reading
Kapiti Coast District Council provides ‘climate action grants’ to two biochar community projects (above & below) … Continue reading
“The Australian system recognises diverse forms of carbon removal that support biodiversity and communities. We need to include new forms of scientifically robust carbon removals like wetlands, blue carbon, soil carbon and biochar.“ Thank you Finn. … Continue reading
It is great to see Future Proof continuing to show interest in biochar. Hoping to see Bernard &Co. chatting about it on The Hoon soon. … Continue reading
OrganicNZ has kindly shared two recent articles on biochar for public access… The soil improver: transforming forestry slash with biochar “Kev Dowman tells Paula Sharp why we should be producing biochar on a commercial scale. He says it is an … Continue reading
Funding round open for Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Date: 09 June 2023 “The 10 priorities for this year’s funding round are: …development of a biochar database and methodology to include in New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory [1 priority] A bit … Continue reading
Biochar is given some air-time in this new documentary set for release toward the end of July. You can take a deeper dive via this link to the Event Organiser Presentation which includes contact details for the film producers and … Continue reading
Here is some news should have been in the June ABE newsletter. Art and Fire fuse together at this year’s Whangārei Night Lights Festival (July 5th-8th) “Artists Sally Howe and Robert Mignault present ‘Crucibulum,’ an alchemical initiation of aesthetic and … Continue reading