Biochar

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Biochar in the view of climate change mitigation: the FOREBIOM experience Viktor J. Bruckman, Michaela Klinglmueller and Milutin Milenkovic; Part I. The Interdisciplinary Approach: 2. A supply chain approach to biochar systems Nathaniel M. Anderson, Richard D. Bergman and Deborah S. Page-Dumroese; 3. Life cycle analysis of biochar Richard D. Bergman, Hongmei Gu, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese and Nathaniel M. Anderson; 4. Systems integration in European forestry: drivers and strategies Saran P. Sohi; 5. Biochar as an integrated and decentralised environmental management tool in the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem Robert Wagner, Rene Schatten, Kathrin Roessler, Ines Vogel and Konstantin Terytze; Part II. Sustainable Biomass Resources: 6. An Integrated approach to assess sustainable forest biomass potentials at country level Michael Englisch, Thomas Gschwantner, Thomas Ledermann and Klaus Katzensteiner; 7. Sustainable biomass potentials from coppice forests for pyrolysis: chances and limitations Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu, Eduard Hochbichler and Viktor J. Bruckman; 8. Towards environmental and economic sustainability via biomass industry: the Malaysian case study Tang Kok Mun, Wan Asma Ibrahim and Wan Rashidah Kadir; 9. Carbon sequestration potential of forest biomass in Turkey Betuel Uygur and Yusuf Serengil; Part III. Biochar Production (Pyrolysis): 10. Biochar production Frederik Ronsse; 11. Biomass pyrolysis for biochar production: kinetics, energetics and economics Byungho Song; 12. Pyrolysis: a sustainable way from biomass to biofuels and biochar Basak B. Uzun, Esin Apaydin-Varol and Ersan Puetuen; 13. The role of biochar production for sustainable development in Thailand, Lao PDR and Cambodia Maliwan Haruthaithanasan, Orracha Sae-Tun, Natthaphol Lichaikul, Soktha Ma, Sithong Thongmanivong and Houngphet Chanthavong; Part IV. Biochar Application as a Soil Amendment: 14. Biochar applications to agricultural soils in temperate climate - more than carbon sequestration? Gerhard Soja, Elena Anders, Jannis Buecker, Sonja Feichtmair, Stefan Gunczy, Jasmin Karer, Barbara Kitzler, Michaela Klinglmueller, Stefanie Kloss, Maximilian Lauer, Volker Liedtke, Franziska Rempt, Andrea Watzinger, Bernhard Wimmer, Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern and Franz Zehetner; 15. Opportunities and uses of biochar on forest sites in North America Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Mark D. Coleman and Sean C. Thomas; 16. The role of mycorrhizae and biochar on plant growth and soil quality Ibrahim Ortas; 17. The use of stable isotopes in understanding the impact of biochar on the nitrogen cycle Rebecca Hood-Nowotny; 18. Biochar amendment experiments in Thailand: practical examples Thavivongse Sriburi and Saowanee Wijitkosum; Index.