The International Biochar Initiative (IBI)

• Blackwell P, Shea S, Storer P, Kerkmans M, Stanley I: Improving wheat production with deep banded Oil Mallee charcoal in WA
• Chan KY, van Zwieten L, Meszaros I, Downie A, Joseph S: Assessing the agronomic values of contrasting char materials on an Australian hardsetting soil
• Lehmann J, Cheng CH, Nguyen B, Liang B, Major J, Smernik R: Permanency and long-term changes of bio-char in soil
• Yoshizawa S, Tanaka S, Ohata M: Proliferation effect of aerobic micro-organisms during composting of rice bran by addition of biomass charcoal
• O’Neill B, Grossman JM, Tsai SM, Lehmann J, Thies JE: Analysis of bacterial communities in Amazonian Dark Earths through community-level molecular analysis and identifying dominant species in soils from the Eastern and Central Amazon
• Smernik R: The influence of soil charcoal on the absorption of organic molecules

• Singh B, Cowie A: Quantifying char-carbon turnover, and implications for greenhouse balance
• Sohi S, Yates H, Lehmann J: Carbon stabilization in Terra Preta soils
• Downie A, Van Zwieten L, Doughty W, Joseph S: Nutrient retention characteristics of chars and the agronomic implications
• Lopez Capel E, Manning DAC: Characterisation of Terra Preta soils and chars by thermal analysis-quadrupole mass spectrometry
• Major J, Lehmann J, Rondon M: Field maize yield and yield determining factors for four years following biochar application on a Colombian savanna Oxisol
• Hill RA, Harris A, Stewart A, Bolstridge N, McLean KL, Blakeley R: Charcoal and selected beneficial microorganisms: plant trials and SEM observations
• de Arruda, Murilo R., and Wenceslau G. Teixeira:  Use of charcoal, chicken manure and bones meal in Guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis) - preliminary results
• Hongyan J, Zhong, Z, Thies JE: Soil Microbial Community Response to Amending Rice Soils with Bamboo Charcoal

• Tadeo BD: Carbonized rice husk and the automated carbonization system in the Philippine rice industry
• Downie A, Joseph S, Crosky A, Munroe P: Assessing the Physical and Chemical Nature of Poultry Manure Chars
• Hawkins B: Influence of pyrolysis conditions on char properties
• Glover M: Renewed Fuel: Consideration of Issues to Promote Commercialization of Agrichar Products and Applications

• Novotny EH, Hayes MHB, deAzevedo ER, Bonagamba TJ: NMR characterisation of Biofine's by-products char
• Zhong Z, Flanagan R: The physical and chemical properties of Bamboo charcoal and its application as a soil conditioner
• Hossain MK, Strezov V, Nelson P: Evaluation of agricultural char from sewage sludge
• Joseph S, Downie A, Lehmann J: Classification of chars for agricultural use

• Radlein D, Kingston A: The role of Agrichar in the Commercialization of Dynamotive's Fast Pyrolysis Process
• Bryant D, Downie A: Agrichar: Building a commercial venture
• Gaunt J, Lehmann J: Prospects for carbon trading based on the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions arising from the use of bio-char
• Larson RW: RD&D issues for agrichar, emphasis on energy and developing countries

            Chair: Mark Glover, Renewed Fuels, Australia

• Somerville M, Van Berkel R: The utilisation of waste biomass in SA as a renewable resource for agriculture or metallurgy
• Bezerra, JC:  How has historical research changed our understanding of the Amazonian environment?

          Panel Participants: