Chapter 1: Biochar for environmental management – an introduction
Johannes Lehmann, Stephen Joseph
Chapter 2: Historical accumulation of Biochar as soil amendment
Bruno Glaser, Doyle McKey, Luise Giani, Wenceslau Teixeira, Giuseppe di Rauso Simeone, Jens Schneeweiß, Nguyen Hien, Jeffrey Homburg
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of biochar production
Robert C. Brown, Santanu Bakshi, Ondřej Mašek
Chapter 4: Biochar production technology
Ondřej Mašek, Robert C. Brown, Santanu Bakshi
Chapter 5: Characteristics of biochar – physical and structural properties
Catherine E. Brewer
Chapter 6: Characteristics of biochar – micro- and nano-chemical properties and interactions
Sohrab Haghighi Mood, Kalidas Mainalis, Manuel Raul Pelaez-Samaniego, Manuel Garcia-Perez
Chapter 7: Characteristics of biochar – macro-molecular properties
William C. Hockaday, Markus Kleber, Peter S. Nico
Chapter 8: Characteristics of biochar – nutrient properties
Joann K. Whalen, Leanne Ejack, Shamim Gul, Leonardo León Castro
Chapter 9: A biochar classification system and associated test methods
Balwant Singh, James E. Amonette, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Rai S. Kookana
Chapter 10: Aging of biochar in soils and its implications
Joseph J. Pignatello, Minori Uchimiya, Samuel Abiven
Chapter 11: Persistence of biochar: mechanisms, measurements, predictions
Johannes Lehmann, Samuel Abiven, Elias Azzi, Yunying Fang, Bhupinderpal Singh, Saran Sohi, Cecilia Sundberg, Dominic Woolf, Andrew R. Zimmerman
Chapter 12: Biochar transport in terrestrial ecosystems: fate and impact
Cornelia Rumpel
Chapter 13: Plant productivity with biochar applications to soils
Simon Jeffery, Frank Verheijen, Diego Abalos, Ana Bastos
Chapter 14: Biochar Effects on Soil Biota
Janice E. Thies, Xavier Domene, Stephen Joseph, Xaiofan Rong, Johannes Lehmann
Chapter 15: Biochar effects on plant ecophysiology
Claudia Kammann, Ellen Graber
Chapter 16: Biochar effects on soil nutrient transformation
Thomas H. DeLuca, Michael J.Gundale, M. Derek MacKenzie, Si Gao, Davey L. Jones
Chapter 17: Biochar effects on soil carbon turnover
Thea Whitman, Yunying Fang, Yu Luo
Chapter 18: Biochar influences methane and nitrous oxide emissions from soil
Lukas Van Zwieten, Maria Luz Cayuela, Claudia Kammann, Stephen Joseph, Nicole Wrage-Mönnig, Annette Cowie, Niloofar Karimian, Ehsan Tavakkoli
Chapter 19: Biochar effects on nutrient leaching
Shahla Hosseini Bai, Michael B. Farrar, Marta Gallart, Frédérique Reverchon, Sara Tahery, Negar Omidvar, Edith Kichamu-Wachira, Stephen Joseph
Chapter 20: Biochar effects on water availability
Xiaodong Gao, Caroline A. Masiello
Chapter 21: Biochar and heavy metals
Luke Beesley, Beatriz Cerqueira Cancelo, Michael Hardman, Manhattan Lebrun, Kerry Mitchell, Lukas Trakal
Chapter 22: Organic contaminants in biochar
Wolfram Buss, Christian Wurzer, Jessica G. Shepherd, Thomas D. Bucheli
Chapter 23: How does biochar influence plant biotic stress?
Amit K. Jaiswal, Omer Frenkel, Jane Debode, Ellen R. Graber
Chapter 24: Test procedures for biochar analysis in soils
Michael Bird
Chapter 25: Biochar handling, storage, and transportation
Tom Miles
Chapter 26: Biochar-based fertilizers, co-composting, and growth media
Leônidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo, Carlos Alberto Silva, Miguel Sánchez-Monedero, Keiji Jindo, Sarasadat Taherymoosavi, Stephen Joseph
Chapter 27: Biochar-based materials for environmental remediation
Hailong Wang, Hanbo Chen, Nanthi Bolan, Shengsen Wang
Chapter 28: Biochar as building and road material
Harn Wei
Chapter 29: Biochar as an animal feed ingredient
Roger Hagerty, Stephen Joseph, Melissa Rebbeck, Sarah Meale, Nicholas Paul
Chapter 30: Biochar, greenhouse gas accounting and climate change mitigation
Annette Cowie, Elias Azzi, Zhe H. Weng, Dominic Woolf
Chapter 31: Biochar sustainability
Cecilia Sundberg, Elias Azzi
Chapter 32: Markets for biochar products and services
Josef Maroušek, Anna Maroušková, Otakar Strunecký, Babak Minofar
Chapter 33: Economics of biochar production and use
Stephen Joseph, Simon Shackley, Ruy Anaya de la Rosa, Gerard Cornelissen, Adam O’Toole, Einar Stuve
Chapter 34: Policy and biochar
Tristan Brown, Jenny R. Frank
Chapter 35: Biochar in environmental management: outlook and conclusion
Yong Sik Ok, Piumi Amasha Withana, Stephen Joseph, Johannes Lehmann
