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DIY Terra Preta Soils Double As Carbon Sink
Discussions Features 5 June 2007 DIY Terra Preta Soils Double As Carbon Sink by Kate Melville Australian agricultural researchers are excited ... Amazonian dark earths known as terra preta. Created by pre-Columbian populations thousands of years ago through the addition of charred organic matter, South American terra preta continues to be staggeringly productive ...
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Ancient Amazonian technology could save the world(5/17/2007) Terra preta, the ancient charcoal-based soil used by ancient Amazonians to create permanently fertile agricultural lands ...
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The Natural World - Environment
June 2007 DIY Terra Preta Soils Double As Carbon Sink Processing waste biomass using pyrolysis creates a byproduct that could help turn depleted soils into highly fertile terra preta while at the same ...
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FAO/AGL - Soil Biodiversity Portal
WCSS. Bangkok (Thailand). 13-19 July 2002 International Workshop on "Anthropogenic Terra Preta Soils". Manaus (Brazil). For more info: Terra Preta website. 24-27 June 2002 International Technical Workshop on "Biological Management of ...
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Geothermal | Energy Bulletin
November 13, 2007 Renewables - Oct 16 Statt, Energy Bulletin A carbon-negative fuel (gasification and terra preta) High hopes for renewable power from Earth's depths Lovins: Global warming and peak oil ...
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Carbon
The forgotten solution: Carbon sequestration Charcoal in soil, also known as Terra preta, Terra preta do Indio, Terra preta nova, Biochar, has proven to have many benefits. Regarding its reactivty, carbon ... the different methods Charcoal also has a lot of benign effects to the soil: Terra Preta Increased metabolism Today (2008), the carbon dioxide level in the amosphere is about ...
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The folkewall from old tires in Addis Ababa
Wovern in Addis Ababa. The tires are filled with charcoal and gravel to make a Terra Preta-like mixture. The water is brought to percolate in a zigzag pattern by the insertion ...
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April 2008 - mongabay.com
An article in this week's issue of New Scientist suggests so. [ Carbon sequestration | Terra preta] Global warming could worsen HIV/AIDS epidemic (04/30/2008) A number of studies have ...
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Jigsaw report #2: Cover crops and healthy soil | Rodale Institute
Wood ash Food processing waste (this can also be another income stream) Loose hay Lime Terra preta (charcoal applications) Glacial dust 4. Create a diversity or polyculture on your farm Use crop ...
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