Category: Policy

  • He Waka Eke Noa Q&A

    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 […]

  • NZAGRC 2021 Highlights

    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 […]

  • Important new report for NZ?

    Link to report: https://www.nzagrc.org.nz/publications/review-of-evidence-for-the-potential-role-of-biochar-to-reduce-net-ghg-emissions-from-new-zealand-agriculture/

  • BNNZ AGM postponement & Speaker Event cancellation

    The preliminary announcement to the left was shared with the ABE newsletter list on 14 March. The BNNZ committee have decided to reschedule the AGM to 13 May and and […]

  • Economic opportunities for biochar in NZ

    Economic opportunities for biochar in NZ

    ‘Our man in Wellington’ has released a new paper on biochar. This has been prepared to update policy folk in the capital… fingers crossed that it will be seen by […]

  • BNNZ Press Release

    The following PR has just been circulated: BNNZ Government Agency briefing – Wellington, 11 September Government policy work on the Carbon Zero bill highlights connections between climate change, carbon sequestration […]

  • Peter Winsley – Zero-C

    Peter Winsley – Zero-C

    Check out Peter’s submission. I’m sure a few biochar folk have posted… it would be good to have links to others ideas & thinking on biochar & the bill. via […]

  • NZ policy on biochar – fresh opinion

    NZ policy on biochar – fresh opinion

    Biochar is an effective negative emissions technology: so what are we waiting for? Peter Winsley has a long association with biochar, dating back to before the establishment of NZBRC in 2007. […]

  • A bit on biochar

    This video is available from the Royal Society of NZ website. I provided notice of this on the ABE FB page back on 9 March 2018, as I was aware […]

  • Biochar expert from Norway visiting NZ

    Biochar expert from Norway visiting NZ

    Dr Pia Piroschka Otte is visiting NZ (again) and will be based in Otago University for about one month from 22 November. She has kindly provided a copy of a […]