Sydney biochar workshop

Plenty of high profile international biochar brainpower at the lectern for this workshop on the 10 December. The program looks interesting. http://www.conferenceonline.com/conference_invitation.cfm?id=20471&key=C70C0959-D5DB-4456-839F-8EB215CF5E18 “Leading experts from Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Thailand, UK and USA will discuss biochar applications in … Continue reading

Auckland University biochar publication

I’ve just discovered this new publication which is listed here… http://www.publish.csiro.au/view/journals/dsp_journal_crossref_cites.cfm?nid=84&f=SR10004 Chapter 25 – Advances and Innovations in Biochar Production and Utilization for Improving Environmental Quality Charles Hyland Ajit K. Sarmah Abstract Biochar is a contextually defined charcoal specifically for application to … Continue reading

Missed MPI funding opportunity?

The Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change (SLMACC) research programme… http://www.mpi.govt.nz/environment-natural-resources/funding-programmes/slmacc-research-programme Theme 2: Mitigation of agricultural and forestry greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Theme 2 specifically lists biochar and soil carbon as appropriate research themes. I have an inquiry placed with … Continue reading

Mike Barton on N-capping

The following link has a 40min presentation from Mike Barton that is recommended viewing if you are interested in how nutrient capping may affect future agriculture activities in NZ. http://beeflambnz.com/news-events/News/2013/july/farming-with-nutrient-limits/ An important biochar related take from this presentation is how … Continue reading