Biochar for Environmental Management

<p>Fully revised and updated for its third edition, this book presents the definitive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.</p><p>Research on biochar continues to accelerate as its importance for soil health, climate change mitigation and adoption, and the circular economy becomes more widely acknowledged. This book not only reviews recent advances made in our understanding of biochar properties, behavior, and effects in agriculture, environmental management, and material production, but specifically develops fundamental principles and frameworks of biochar science and application. This third edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect recent developments and growing trends, with important coverage of the application of biochar outside of its traditional soil-based uses, the commercialization of biochar, and its incorporation into policy. This includes brand new chapters on the role of biochar-based materials for environmental remediation, building construction, and animal feed, and a greater discussion of biochar's role in the circular economy, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development. Overall, this book provides a systematic, comprehensive, and global examination of biochar. Written by an international team of academics and professionals, it addresses its uses, production, and management and its broader potential for mitigating climate change and driving forward sustainable development.</p><p>Edited by two leading figures in the field, <em>Biochar for Environmental Management</em> is essential reading for students, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers interested in biochar and the role it can play in environmental sustainability and global sustainable development.</p> <p>Chapter 1: <i>Biochar for environmental management – an introduction</i></p><p>Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph</p><p>Chapter 2: <i>Historical accumulation of Biochar as soil amendment</i></p><p>Bruno Glaser, Doyle McKey, Luise Giani, Wenceslau Teixeira, Giuseppe di Rauso Simeone, Jens Schneeweiß, Nguyen Hien, Jeffrey Homburg</p><p>Chapter 3: <i>Fundamentals of biochar production </i></p><p>Robert C. Brown, Santanu Bakshi, Ondřej Mašek</p><p>Chapter 4: <i>Biochar production technology</i></p><p>Ondřej Mašek, Robert C. Brown, Santanu Bakshi</p><p>Chapter 5: <i>Characteristics of biochar – physical and structural properties</i></p><p>Catherine E. Brewer</p><p>Chapter 6: <i>Characteristics of biochar – micro- and nano-chemical properties and interactions</i></p><p>Sohrab Haghighi Mood, Kalidas Mainalis, Manuel Raul Pelaez-Samaniego, Manuel Garcia-Perez</p><p>Chapter 7: <i>Characteristics of biochar – macro-molecular properties</i></p><p>William C. Hockaday, Markus Kleber, Peter S. Nico</p><p>Chapter 8: <i>Characteristics of biochar – nutrient properties</i></p><p>Joann K. Whalen, Leanne Ejack, Shamim Gul, Leonardo León Castro</p><p>Chapter 9: <i>A</i> <i>biochar classification system and associated test methods</i></p><p>Balwant Singh, James E. Amonette, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Rai S. Kookana</p><p>Chapter 10: <i>Aging of biochar in soils and its implications</i></p><p>Joseph J. Pignatello, Minori Uchimiya, Samuel Abiven</p><p>Chapter 11: <i>Persistence of biochar: mechanisms, measurements, predictions</i></p><p>Johannes Lehmann, Samuel Abiven, Elias Azzi, Yunying Fang, Bhupinderpal Singh, Saran Sohi, Cecilia Sundberg, Dominic Woolf, Andrew R. Zimmerman</p><p>Chapter 12: <i>Biochar transport in terrestrial ecosystems: fate and impact</i></p><p>Cornelia Rumpel</p><p>Chapter 13: <i>Plant productivity with biochar applications to soils</i></p><p>Simon Jeffery, Frank Verheijen, Diego Abalos, Ana Bastos</p><p>Chapter 14: <i>Biochar Effects on Soil Biota</i></p><p>Janice E. Thies, Xavier Domene, Stephen Joseph, Xaiofan Rong, Johannes Lehmann</p><p><a>Chapter 15: <i>Biochar effects on plant ecophysiology</i></a></p><p>Claudia Kammann, Ellen Graber</p><p><a>Chapter 16: <i>Biochar effects on soil nutrient transformation</i></a></p><p>Thomas H. DeLuca, Michael J.Gundale, M. Derek MacKenzie, Si Gao, Davey L. Jones</p><p><a>Chapter 17: <i>Biochar effects on soil carbon turnover</i></a></p><p>Thea Whitman, Yunying Fang, Yu Luo</p><p><a>Chapter 18: <i>Biochar influences methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soil</i></a></p><p>Lukas Van Zwieten, Maria Luz Cayuela, Claudia Kammann, Stephen Joseph, Nicole Wrage-Mönnig, Annette Cowie, Niloofar Karimian, Ehsan Tavakkoli</p><p>Chapter 19: <i>Biochar effects on nutrient leaching</i></p><p>Shahla Hosseini Bai, Michael B. Farrar, Marta Gallart, Frédérique Reverchon, Sara Tahery, Negar Omidvar, Edith Kichamu-Wachira, Stephen Joseph</p><p>Chapter 20: <i>Biochar effects on water availability</i></p><p>Xiaodong Gao, Caroline A. Masiello</p><p>Chapter 21: <i>Biochar and heavy metals</i></p><p>Luke Beesley, Beatriz Cerqueira Cancelo, Michael Hardman, Manhattan Lebrun, Kerry Mitchell, Lukas Trakal</p><p>Chapter 22: <i>Organic contaminants in biochar</i></p><p>Wolfram Buss, Christian Wurzer, Jessica G. Shepherd, Thomas D. Bucheli</p><p>Chapter 23: <i>How does biochar influence plant biotic stress?</i></p><p>Amit K. Jaiswal, Omer Frenkel, Jane Debode, Ellen R. Graber</p><p>Chapter 24: <i>Test procedures for biochar analysis in soils</i></p><p>Michael Bird</p><p>Chapter 25: <i>Biochar handling, storage, and transportation</i></p><p>Tom Miles</p><p>Chapter 26: Biochar-based fertilizers, co-composting, and growth media</p><p>Leônidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo, Carlos Alberto Silva, Miguel Sánchez-Monedero, Keiji Jindo, Sarasadat Taherymoosavi, Stephen Joseph</p><p>Chapter 27: Biochar-based materials for environmental remediation</p><p>Hailong Wang, Hanbo Chen, Nanthi Bolan, Shengsen Wang</p><p>Chapter 28: <i>Biochar as building and road material</i></p><p>Harn Wei</p><p>Chapter 29: <i>Biochar as an animal feed ingredient</i></p><p>Roger Hagerty, Stephen Joseph, Melissa Rebbeck, Sarah Meale, Nicholas Paul</p><p>Chapter 30: <i>Biochar, greenhouse gas accounting and climate change mitigation</i></p><p>Annette Cowie, Elias Azzi, Zhe H. Weng, Dominic Woolf</p><p>Chapter 31: <i>Biochar sustainability </i></p><p>Cecilia Sundberg, Elias Azzi</p><p>Chapter 32: <i>M</i><a><i>arkets for biochar products and services </i></a></p><p>Josef Maroušek, Anna Maroušková, Otakar Strunecký, Babak Minofar</p><p>Chapter 33: <i>Economics of biochar production and use </i></p><p>Stephen Joseph, Simon Shackley, Ruy Anaya de la Rosa, Gerard Cornelissen, Adam O’Toole, Einar Stuve</p><p>Chapter 34: <i>Policy and biochar</i></p><p>Tristan Brown, Jenny R. Frank</p><p>Chapter 35: <i>Biochar in environmental management: outlook and conclusion</i></p><p>Yong Sik Ok, Piumi Amasha Withana, Stephen Joseph, Johannes Lehmann</p>