In the Media
Where's the carbon? You're standing on it Anthony Doesburg, NZ Herald: 12/07/2010
Biochar ball starts rolling in Tasmania Anna Vidot, ABC Rural Tasmania: 29/06/2010
Wannon Water gets biochar funding : 19/05/2010
Fire creates wonderstuff Alex Easton, Northern Star: 18/01/09
Minister praises biochar trials Andy Parks, The Northern Rivers Echo: 21/01/09
Carbon scheme 'in the bag' Josh Gordon, The Age: 15/11/09
Chemical Engineer Joins Biochar Centre Massey University Staff Press Release, Scoop: 12/11/09
The future of biochar - Project Rainbow Bee Eater Syd Shea Peter Burges & Ian Stanley, Science Alert: 2/11/09
Biochar could bring benefits Bonnie Puckridge, Port Lincoln Times: 20/10/09
Single-desk carbon trade 'could earn billions' Tom Arup, Environment Correspondent, Sydney Morning Herald: 31/07/09
CMA Gets $1.5 million for Biochar Trial ABC Ballarat: 21/07/09
Agriculture's carbon fate David Leyonhjelm, Business Spectator: 03/06/09
Forestry in need of a level playing field NZ Forest Owners Association, Scoop Business: 02/06/09
Australian agriculture — a carbon-neutral future? Renfrey Clarke, Green Left Online: 31/05/09
Burn, bury and bargain with it: biochar ticks the green boxes Paddy Manning, Sydney Morning Herald: 30/05/09
A charcoal solution to the carbon challenge Simon Grose, TCE Today: 28/05/09
Char Grilled Bronwyn Herbert, Landline TV segment: 24/05/09
Biochar receives a $1.4-million funding boost from Govt Bronwyn Herbert, Radio National: 21/05/09
What is biochar? ABC Science: Ask an Expert
Biochar: transforming waste into renewable energy Yass Tribune: 13/03/09
Australia agency calls for more biochar research Ryan C. Christiansen, Biomass Magazine: 12/03/09
Carbon hopes push case for charcoal Jill Rowbotham, The Australian: 11/03/09
Study finds Tassie biochar could absorb carbon ABC Rural: 11/03/2009
Biochar – a win win for jobs, agriculture and the environment John Pratt: 11/03/09
Carbon firm sends test samples Kaikoura Star, The Marlborough Express: 11/03/09
Include biochar in ETS, urges top scientist Carbon News: 06/03/09
Garnaut dismisses calls for delay Tom Arup, The Age: 04/03/09
DPI steps up carbon sequestration The Land: 17/02/2009
Biochar – untested and unproven – or political football? Adriana Downie, AAP MediaNet: 3/02/2009
A United Scientific Voice on Biochar. AAP MediaNet: 2/02/2009
Tony Burke - interviewed by Ashleigh Gillon. Sky News: 30/01/2009
Why biochar? Matt Cawood, Queesnland Country Life: 29/01/2009
Turnbull turns up the heat. Keith Orchison, Business Spectator: 28/01/2009
Opposition throws its support behind biochar. Inside Waste Weekly: 27/01/2009
Opposition supports Biochar research. Video from The 7:30 Report: 26/01/2009
'More research needed' on charcoal carbon storage plan. ABC News: 26/01/2009
Biochar potential overlooked. Weekly Times Now: 26/01/2009
Joint Doorstop with Malcolm Turnbull - Biochar Announcement, Newcastle Transcript of the Hon. Malcolm Turnbull MP: 21/01/2009
One last chance to save mankind. James Lovelock, New Scientist: 23/1/2009
Amazonians’ black magic has multiple benefits. Evelyn Krull, Science Alert: 19/01/2009
Discovery Science reveals Australian Technology as BEST carbon outcome
for waste. BEST Energies: 01/01/2009
Ecopolis: Black Gold. (Video from Discovery Science on Youtube): 2009 (Link to Discovery Science Ecopolis page)
A perfect green solution - in theory. Brian Toohey, The Australian Financial Review: 30/12/2008
Flannery says farming's the answer to carbon. Mat Cawood, Stock and Land: 07/11/2008
Waste Not, Want Not. Wendy Laursen, BBI Bioenery Australasia: 10/2008
Australia: new positive biochar results, concepts on political agenda. Biopact: 03/09/2008
Biochar revolution to benefit climate and agriculture. NSW DPI: 02/09/2008
Magic biochar: recycles, fertilises and sequesters. Rebecca Lines-Kelly, Agriculture Today: 09/2008
Bio-char development conditionally supported. ABC News: 16/07/2008
Surprise: less oxygen could be just the trick. Richard Macey, The Sydney Morning Herald: 12/06/2008
Organic Waste as Fuel. Video from CNN: 11/5/2008
Lukas Van Zwieten - More Carbon for Soils More Carbon for Crops - Carbon Negative Farming with Bio Char. Beyond Zero Emissions: 30/03/2008
Australian of the Year 2007, Tim Flannery talks bio char and why we need to move into the renewable age. Beyond Zero Emissions: 19/03/2008
Adriana Downie talks about Best Energies pyrolysis gasifier and making bio char (Terra Preta). Beyond Zero Emissions: 06/03/2008
The pay dirt of El Dorado. Ron Wainberg and Adriana Downie, Waste Management and Environment: 2008
Australian carbon sequestration technology on display in Bali. Sustainability Matters: 11/12/07
A solution to global warming? Video from ABC Catalyst: 23/08/2007
BEST Energies and NSW DPI researchers win Environment Day Award. NSW DPI: 05/06/2007
Soils offer new hope as carbon sink. Phil Bevan, NSW DPI: 31/05/2007
Publications
Biochar, climate change and soil: A review to guide future research Saran Sohi, Elisa Lopez-Capel, Evelyn Krull and Roland Bol: CSIRO Land and Water Science Report 05/09
Biochar for Environmental Management Johannes Lehmann and Stephen Joseph, Earthscan: 2009
Using poultry litter biochars as soil amendments. K. Y. Chan, L. Van Zwieten, I. Meszaros, A. Downie , and S. Joseph. Australian Journal of Soil Research: 46(5) 437–444 5 Aug 2008
Soil Health: Can the Cane Industry Use a Bit of 'Black Magic'? Van Zwieten, Lukas; Meszaros, I; Downie, A; Chan, YK; Joseph. Australian Canegrower: Issue 17 Mar 2008
Agronomic values of greenwaste biochar as a soil amendment K. Y. Chan, L. Van Zwieten, I. Meszaros, A. Downie , and S. Joseph. Australian Journal of Soil Research : 45(8) 629–634 7 Dec 2007
Biochar for Carbon Sequestration, Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Enhancement of Soil Fertility; A Review of the Materials Science. S D Joseph1, A Downie, P Munroe, A Crosky, J Lehmann, Proceedings of the Australian Combustion Symposium, December 9-11, 2007, University of Sydney
Harnessing biomass to fuel Australia’s growth. Sharif Jahanshahi. ATSE Focus: 2008
City to Soil: Returning Organics to Agriculture – A Circle of Sustainability. Chapter in Amazonian Dark Earths: Wim Sombroek's Vision. G Gillespie 2009.
Information
BIOCHAR
FOR SOIL FERTILITY AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION - A Review of Current
Understanding
ANZBRN Presentation to DCC
Maximising the benefits of biochar addition
to soil by understanding mineral–biochar interactions.
University of Sydney