Biochar for Environmental Management

Science, Technology and Implementation

Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032286150
• eBook ISBN: 9781040027134
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Business

Fully revised and updated for its third edition, this book presents the definitive compilation of current knowledge on all aspects of biochar.

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.

Edited by two leading figures in the field, Biochar for Environmental Management 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Preface
• 1 Biochar for environmental management: An introduction
• 2 Historical accumulation of biochar as a soil amendment
• 3 Fundamentals of biochar production
• 4 Biochar production technology
• 5 Characteristics of biochar: Physical and structural properties
• 6 Characteristics of biochar: Micro- and nano-chemical properties and interactions
• 7 Characteristics of biochar: Macromolecular properties
• 8 Characteristics of biochar: Nutrient properties
• 9 A biochar classification system and associated test methods
• 10 Aging of biochar in soils and its implications
• 11 Persistence of biochar: Mechanisms, measurements, predictions
• 12 Biochar transport in terrestrial ecosystems: Fate and impact
• 13 Plant productivity with biochar applications to soils
• 14 Biochar effects on the abundance, activity, and diversity of the soil biota
• 15 Biochar effects on plant ecophysiology
• 16 Biochar effects on soil nutrient transformations
• 17 Biochar effects on soil carbon turnover
• 18 Biochar influences methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soil
• 19 Biochar effects on nutrient leaching
• 20 Biochar effects on water availability
• 21 Biochar and heavy metals
• 22 Organic contaminants in biochar
• 23 How does biochar influence plant biotic stress?
• 24 Test procedures for biochar analysis in soils
• 25 Biochar handling, storage, and transportation
• 26 Biochar-based fertilizers, co-composting, and growing media
• 27 Biochar-based materials for environmental remediation
• 28 Biochar as building and road materials
• 29 Biochar as an animal feed ingredient
• 30 Biochar, greenhouse gas accounting, and climate change mitigation
• 31 Biochar sustainability
• 32 Markets for biochar products and services
• 33 Economics of biochar production and utilization
• 34 Policy and biochar
• 35 Biochar in environmental management: Outlook and conclusion
• Index