IBI Publications

IBI produces publications for public use in order to get quality biochar information available on a widespread basis. You are welcome to download any of the resources for your use. All of our guidelines, research summaries, and information papers are reviewed by IBI's Advisory Committee.

• Biochar Book: Biochar for Environmental Management
• IBI Guidelines for Practitioners
  
• IBI Biochar Fact Sheets
• IBI Research Summaries
• IBI Information Papers
• IBI Videos

Biochar for Environmental Management: book published 2009

This all encompassing book on biochar, Biochar for Environmental Management, is edited by IBI Board members Johannes Lehmann and Stephen Joseph. The volume explores a diverse set of aspects needed to advance the application of biochar for environmental management. Authors with expertise in the basic sciences as well as economics, marketing and policy summarize our current knowledge and provide a roadmap for future research and development of biochar.

IBI Guidelines for Practitioners

The Guidelines on Practical Aspects of Biochar Application to Field Soil in Various Soil Management Systems is a 23-page illustrated guide that provides the latest information on techniques for applying biochar in different agricultural systems.

The Guide to Conducting Biochar Trials is a 32-page document that covers all aspects of designing and setting up a biochar experiment in a nursery or field plot. It covers quick and easy methods for testing biochar suitability, designing replication and controls, how to do soil testing and how to analyze your results.

The Guidelines for Development and Testing of Pyrolysis Plants is a 32-page document was produced to assist in the development and testing of small pyrolysis plants and provides advice on equipment design and testing as well as the specification and testing of the biochar product.

The Guide to Conducting Biochar Trials has also been translated into Czech: Návod k provádení pokusu s biouhlem

Biochar Fact Sheets by IBI

One-page documents on the IBI, introduction to biochar, quotes on biochar, biochar use in soils, biochar production, environmental benefits of biochar, and carbon sequestration potential. You are welcome to download these fact sheets, print, and use for handouts. Click here for materials in Indonesian, translated by Anischan Gani.

• Biochar Puts the Earth Back in the Black: Introduction to Biochar and IBI
• About IBI 
• Biochar Quotes by Leading Visionaries 
• Biochar Use in Soil
• Biochar Production
• Environmental Benefits of Biochar/Carbon Sequestration

IBI Research Summaries

Research Summaries provide in depth information on a single issue and provide additional references from peer reviewed publications.

• Biochar in Mixtures
• Biochar for Soil Remediation and Land Reclamation
• Biochar Impact on Soil Carbon Losses
• Biochar Recalcitrance in Soil
• Impact of Biochar on Soil Moisture
• Soil Improvement from Application of Biochar

IBI Information Papers

Information papers cover specific items in biochar--written by IBI staff and board members.

• Poultry Litter Biochar - A US Perspective
• Biochar: a new soil management tool for farmers and gardeners (written in collaboration with ASD)
• IBI Response to November 2010 NRDC Biochar Report: Assessing the Promise and Risks to Guide U.S. Policy
• Biochar in Soils: FAQs and Application Information for Farmers and Gardeners
• Biochar Misconceptions and the Science
• Biochar White Paper
• Biochar Pathways Matrix
• Biochar Production Technology and Terminology
• Biochar Carbon Offset Potential
• Biochar and International Policy "Biochar in the UNFCCC Process"

Videos

Overview of Biochar Technology

Part 2: What is Biochar

Part 3: Benefits of Biochar Application to Soil