Routledge publishes second edition of “Biochar for Environmental Management: Science, Technology and Implementation”
The revised edition remains the most comprehensive collection of current knowledge of biochar and a go-to reference in the field
The first edition of “Biochar for Environmental Management” published in 2009 and was the definitive work reviewing the expanding research literature on this topic. Since then, the rate of research activity has increased at least ten-fold, and biochar products are now commercially available as soil amendments.
The recently published second edition, edited by Johannes Lehmann and Stephen Joseph, includes not only substantially updated chapters, but also additional chapters: on environmental risk assessment; on new uses of biochar in composting and potting mixes; a new and controversial field of studying the effects of biochar on soil carbon cycles; on traditional use with very recent discoveries that biochar was used not only in the Amazon but also in Africa and Asia; on changes in water availability and soil water dynamics; and on sustainability and certification. The book therefore continues to represent the most comprehensive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.
Biochar is the carbon-rich product which occurs when biomass (such as wood, manure or crop residues) is heated in a closed container with little or no available air. It can be used to improve agriculture and the environment in several ways, and its persistence in soil and nutrient-retention properties make it an ideal soil amendment to increase crop yields. In addition to this, biochar sequestration, in combination with sustainable biomass production, can be carbon-negative and therefore used to actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, with potentially major implications for mitigation of climate change. Biochar production can also be combined with bioenergy production through the use of the gases that are given off in the pyrolysis process.
Tim Flannery, climate change activist and author of “The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change,” said that '[w]ith its careful evaluation of every aspect of biochar, this book represents a cornerstone of our future global sustainability…. If it finds a wide enough readership, it will change our world forever, and very much for the better.'
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