Biochar: - Book Publication in progress

Biochar for Environmental Management:
Science and Technology

This book will explore a diverse set of aspects needed to advance the application of biochar for environmental management. Authors with expertise in the basic sciences as well as economics, marketing and policy will summarize our current knowledge and provide a roadmap for future research and development of biochar.
This volume is an effort of the International Biochar Initiative (IBI, www.biochar-international.org) and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2008. The listed table of contents show preliminary chapter titles and current senior authors who have agreed to lead an international team of co-authors. The volume will be published by Earthscan Publishers Ltd (ISBN 978-1-84407-658-1; http://www.earthscan.co.uk/) and is anticipated to be available in print by early 2009.

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Editors:

Johannes Lehmann (Cornell University , Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, Phone: 607-254-1236, email: CL273@cornell.edu)

Stephen Joseph (University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2251, Australia, Phone: 61- 2-4340 4911, email: joey.stephen@gmail.com)

 

Table of Contents (subject to change):

Preface: Motivation and Acknowledgements
Johannes Lehmann and Stephen Joseph

Foreword: NN
Tim Flannery (Macquarie University NSW 2109, Australia )

Chapter 1: Historical Accumulation and Traditional Use of Biochar in Soil
William Woods (The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA , email: wwoods@ku.edu)

Chapter 2: Characteristics of Biochar – Physical and Structural Properties
Adriana Downie (BEST Energies, Somersby, NSW 2250, Australia, email: adriana@bestenergies.com.au)

Chapter 3: Characteristics of Biochar – Micro-Chemical Properties
Jim Amonette (Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA , email: jim.amonette@pnl.gov)

Chapter 4: Characteristics of Biochar – Macro-Molecular Properties
Evelyn Krull (CSIRO Land and Water, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia, email: evelyn.krull@csiro.au)

Chapter 5: Characteristics of Biochar – Nutrient Properties
Yin Chan (New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Richmond, NSW 2753, Australia, email: yin.chan@dpi.nsw.gov.au)

Chapter 6: Characteristics of Biochar – Biological Properties
Janice Thies (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, email: jet25@cornell.edu)

Chapter 7: Biochar Classification and Test Methods
Stephen Joseph (University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2251, Australia, email: joey.stephen@gmail.com)

Chapter 8: Biochar Production Technology
Robert Brown (Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA, email: rcbrown@iastate.edu)

Chapter 9: Biochar Systems
Matthew Warnken ( Warnken ISE, Glebe, NSW 2037, Australia, email: matthew@warnkenise.com.au )

Chapter 10: Biochar Changes in Soil
Michael Schmidt (University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland, email: michael.schmidt@geo.unizh.ch)

Chapter 11: Biochar Stability in Soil
Johannes Lehmann (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, email: CL273@cornell.edu)

Chapter 12: Biochar Application to Soil
Paul Blackwell (Department of Agriculture and Food, Geraldton, WA 6530, Australia, email: PBlackwell@agric.wa.gov.au)

Chapter 13: Biochar effects on gaseous losses of GHG
Lukas van Zwieten (New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar, NSW 2477, Australia, email: lukas.van.zwieten@dpi.nsw.gov.au)

Chapter 14: Biochar effects on soil nutrient transformation
Thomas DeLuca (The Wilderness Society, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA, email: tom_deluca@tws.org)

Chapter 15: Biochar effects on nutrient leaching
Julie Major ( Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, email: jm322@cornell.edu)

Chapter 16: Biochar, Carbon Accounting and Climate Change
Annette Cowie (New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Beecroft, NSW 2119 email: annettec@sf.nsw.gov.au), John Gaunt (GY Associates Ltd, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2DF, UK, email: john_gaunt@gya.co.uk)

Chapter 17: Test procedures for biochar verification in soil
David Manning (The University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK, email: David.Manning@newcastle.ac.uk)

Chapter 18: Biochar and retention of herbicides/pesticides
Ron Smernik (The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia, email: ronald.smernik@adelaide.edu.au)

Chapter 19: The Economics of Biochar Soil Management
Bruce McCarl (Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843, USA, email: mccarl@tamu.edu)

Chapter 20: Commercialization of Biochar
Mark Glover (Eco Waste Pty Ltd, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia, email: mark@ecowaste.com.au)

Chapter 21: Policy Opportunities for a Biochar Economy
Peter Read (Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, email: p.read@massey.ac.nz)