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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458096003321

Autore

Bates Albert K. <1947->

Titolo

The biochar solution [[electronic resource] ] : carbon farming and climate change / / Albert Bates ; foreword by Vandana Shiva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gabriola Island, BC, : New Society Publishers, c2010

ISBN

1-55092-459-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

662/.74

Soggetti

Agriculture - Environmental aspects

Carbon sequestration

Charcoal

Soil amendments

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book I. Losing the Recipe. Chapter 1. The Roots of a Predicament -- Chapter 2. Sombroek's Vision -- Chapter 3. Conquistadors -- Chapter 4. El Dorado -- Chapter 5. The Great White Way -- Chapter 6. The View from the Bluff -- Chapter 7. Confederados -- Chapter 8. Hartt's Breakthrough -- Chapter 9. City Z -- Book II. Agriculture and Climate. Chapter 10. Making Sand -- Chapter 11. The Moldboard -- Chapter 12. Changing the Paradigm -- Chapter 13. The Amazon and the Ice Age -- Chapter 14. Predicting Climate's Meander -- Book III. Capturing Carbon. Chapter 15. Carbon Farming -- Chapter 16. Understanding Soil -- Chapter 17. The Soil Food Web -- Chapter 18. The Role of Ruminants -- Chapter 19. Compost -- Chapter 20. Tea Craft and Designer Biochar -- Chapter 21. From Biochar to Terra Preta -- Chapter 22. Making Charcoal -- Chapter 23. Stove Wars -- Book IV. Gardening the Earth. Chapter 24. Milpas -- Chapter 25. Chinampas -- Chapter 26. Trees -- Chapter 27. The Power of Youth -- Chapter 28. Greening the Desert -- Chapter 29. Sahara Forest -- Chapter 30. Drey's Challenge -- Book V. At the Turning Point. Chapter 31. The Biochar Critique -- Chapter 32. Carbon Trading -- Chapter 33. The International Biochar Initiative -- Chapter 34. Permaculture Marines -- Chapter 35. Carbon-



Negative Communities.

Sommario/riassunto

How the dirt below our feet can save us from extinction