Biochar for Environmental Management

Chapter 1: Biochar for environmental management - an introduction

Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph

Chapter 2: Historical accumulation of Biochar as soil amendment

Bruno Glaser, Doyle McKey, Luise Giani, Wenceslau Teixeira, Giuseppe di Rauso Simeone, Jens Schneeweiss, Nguyen Hien, Jeffrey Homburg

Chapter 3: Fundamentals of biochar production

Robert C. Brown, Santanu Bakshi, Ondrej Masek

Chapter 4: Biochar production technology

Ondrej Masek, Robert C. Brown, Santanu Bakshi

Chapter 5: Characteristics of biochar - physical and structural properties

Catherine E. Brewer

Chapter 6: Characteristics of biochar - micro- and nano-chemical properties and interactions

Sohrab Haghighi Mood, Kalidas Mainalis, Manuel Raul Pelaez-Samaniego, Manuel Garcia-Perez

Chapter 7: Characteristics of biochar - macro-molecular properties

William C. Hockaday, Markus Kleber, Peter S. Nico

Chapter 8: Characteristics of biochar - nutrient properties

Joann K. Whalen, Leanne Ejack, Shamim Gul, Leonardo Leon Castro

Chapter 9: A biochar classification system and associated test methods

Balwant Singh, James E. Amonette, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Rai S. Kookana

Chapter 10: Aging of biochar in soils and its implications

Joseph J. Pignatello, Minori Uchimiya, Samuel Abiven

Chapter 11: Persistence of biochar: mechanisms, measurements, predictions

Johannes Lehmann, Samuel Abiven, Elias Azzi, Yunying Fang, Bhupinderpal Singh, Saran Sohi, Cecilia Sundberg, Dominic Woolf, Andrew R. Zimmerman

Chapter 12: Biochar transport in terrestrial ecosystems: fate and impact

Cornelia Rumpel

Chapter 13: Plant productivity with biochar applications to soils

Simon Jeffery, Frank Verheijen, Diego Abalos, Ana Bastos

Chapter 14: Biochar Effects on Soil Biota

Janice E. Thies, Xavier Domene, Stephen Joseph, Xaiofan Rong, Johannes Lehmann

Chapter 15: Biochar effects on plant ecophysiology

Claudia Kammann, Ellen Graber

Chapter 16: Biochar effects on soil nutrient transformation

Thomas H. DeLuca, Michael J.Gundale, M. Derek MacKenzie, Si Gao, Davey L. Jones

Chapter 17: Biochar effects on soil carbon turnover

Thea Whitman, Yunying Fang, Yu Luo

Chapter 18: Biochar influences methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soil

Lukas Van Zwieten, Maria Luz Cayuela, Claudia Kammann, Stephen Joseph, Nicole Wrage-Moennig, Annette Cowie, Niloofar Karimian, Ehsan Tavakkoli

Chapter 19: Biochar effects on nutrient leaching

Shahla Hosseini Bai, Michael B. Farrar, Marta Gallart, Frederique Reverchon, Sara Tahery, Negar Omidvar, Edith Kichamu-Wachira, Stephen Joseph

Chapter 20: Biochar effects on water availability

Xiaodong Gao, Caroline A. Masiello

Chapter 21: Biochar and heavy metals

Luke Beesley, Beatriz Cerqueira Cancelo, Michael Hardman, Manhattan Lebrun, Kerry Mitchell, Lukas Trakal

Chapter 22: Organic contaminants in biochar

Wolfram Buss, Christian Wurzer, Jessica G. Shepherd, Thomas D. Bucheli

Chapter 23: How does biochar influence plant biotic stress?

Amit K. Jaiswal, Omer Frenkel, Jane Debode, Ellen R. Graber

Chapter 24: Test procedures for biochar analysis in soils

Michael Bird

Chapter 25: Biochar handling, storage, and transportation

Tom Miles

Chapter 26: Biochar-based fertilizers, co-composting, and growth media

Leonidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo, Carlos Alberto Silva, Miguel Sanchez-Monedero, Keiji Jindo, Sarasadat Taherymoosavi, Stephen Joseph

Chapter 27: Biochar-based materials for environmental remediation

Hailong Wang, Hanbo Chen, Nanthi Bolan, Shengsen Wang

Chapter 28: Biochar as building and road material

Harn Wei

Chapter 29: Biochar as an animal feed ingredient

Roger Hagerty, Stephen Joseph, Melissa Rebbeck, Sarah Meale, Nicholas Paul

Chapter 30: Biochar, greenhouse gas accounting and climate change mitigation

Annette Cowie, Elias Azzi, Zhe H. Weng, Dominic Woolf

Chapter 31: Biochar sustainability

Cecilia Sundberg, Elias Azzi

Chapter 32: Markets for biochar products and services

Josef Marousek, Anna Marouskova, Otakar Strunecky, Babak Minofar

Chapter 33: Economics of biochar production and use

Stephen Joseph, Simon Shackley, Ruy Anaya de la Rosa, Gerard Cornelissen, Adam O'Toole, Einar Stuve

Chapter 34: Policy and biochar

Tristan Brown, Jenny R. Frank

Chapter 35: Biochar in environmental management: outlook and conclusion

Yong Sik Ok, Piumi Amasha Withana, Stephen Joseph, Johannes Lehmann