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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] terra preta/ char/pyrololis Confrence Terrigal Beach NSW soon - Permaculture discussion forum || + || Permaculture Research Institute, PRI Permaculture Discussion Forum
  • Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:08:25 -0400


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From: Michaelangelica

International Agrichar Initiative 2007 Conference... This is
basically a conference for those interested in terra preta technology
and science

http://www.iaiconference.org/home.html

>From the site:

April 29 - May 2, 2007
Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia

Join the International Agrichar Initiative for a conference on Agrichar
Science, Production and Utilization, being held in coastal New South
Wales, Australia. The International Agrichar Initiative is a new
consortium of research and development interests devoted to the
sustainability of the world's soils, and to sustainable bioenergy
production.

What is the International Agrichar Initiative?

The International Agrichar Initiative is an informal, newly-formed
coalition of research, commercial and policy-oriented people and
organizations devoted to the sustainability of the world's soils, and
to sustainable bio-energy production. Agrichar production and
utilization can renew the world's soils through the addition of
organic carbon, which can help solve the pressing problem of global
climate change. The Agrichar production process also converts
agricultural waste into valuable bio-fuels.

History of the Agrichar Initiative

During the 18th World Congress of Soil Science (WCSS) in July 2006 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a group of scientists, business interests,
policy experts and others met to discuss the research priorities and
challenges of this important area. The result is the International
Agrichar Initiative, a movement to pursue a more organized research,
development and commercialization effort to further the promise of
Agrichar. For information on the July 2006 meeting in Philadelphia and
some current Agrichar-related projects and activities, click here.

What is the 'Agrichar process'?

Agricultural feedstocks such as animal manure, rice hulls, peanut
shells, corn stover or forest waste are pyrolized at low temperatures
to produce a char product ("Agrichar" or "biochar") and
separate bio-energy streams, in the form of oils and/or gases. The
biochar captures about 50% of the carbon in the feedstock, and can be
used as a soil amendment to improve soil fertility, stability, and
productivity, and to store carbon in the soils, as a means of
mitigating global warming. The use of Agrichar in soils mimics the
Terra Preta ("dark earth") soils of the Amazon Basin, which have
sequestered high quantities of carbon for thousands of years, and have
dramatically improved soil fertility and sustainability without
chemical inputs. The bio-energy produced, which accounts for the other
50% of feedstock carbon, can be used to fuel a variety of energy needs
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