The biochar solution [[electronic resource] ] : carbon farming and climate change / / Albert Bates ; foreword by Vandana Shiva
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| Autore: |
Bates Albert K. <1947->
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| Titolo: |
The biochar solution [[electronic resource] ] : carbon farming and climate change / / Albert Bates ; foreword by Vandana Shiva
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| Pubblicazione: | Gabriola Island, BC, : New Society Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 662/.74 |
| Soggetto topico: | Agriculture - Environmental aspects |
| Carbon sequestration | |
| Charcoal | |
| Soil amendments | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The biochar solution |
| ISBN: | 1-55092-459-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791674503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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