CONVERTING BIOMASS TO BIOCHAR - PROSPECTS FOR INDONESIA

 Dr Widowati, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tribhuwana (UNITRI) in Malang city, East Java, Indonesia has asked me to announce their plans to host a biomass related seminar on June 26-27, 2012. The seminar is titled:

BIOMASS WASTE MANAGEMENT: FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND GLOBAL WARMING MITIGATION

A field trip is also planned covering biochar utilization on marginal lands in agricultural systems.

A leaflet is being prepared inviting speakers (oral and posters) to submit an abstract (250 words) no later than May 1, 2012. Published papers will be presented on May 29, 2012, then full papers should be included no later than June 5, 2012.

Further information will be provided soon but for now you may contact Dr Widowati from the details below.

Widowati, Dr.

Dean, the Faculty of Agriculture

University of Tribhuwana (UNITRI)

Block C, Tlogomas street, Malang 65144

East Java, Indonesia

widwidowati@gmail.com

Ph. +62341-565500

Fax +62341-565522

http://www.unitri.ac.id/

UNITRI, established since 2001, has five faculties i.e. Agriculture, Social and Politics Sciences, Engineering, Health, and Economics. Malang is nearby to the Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park.

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Charlotte O'Brien, Director of Bio Bamboo, explains how to significantly draw down Carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it as a Bio-Char soil conditioner using Bamboo to fuel Pyrolysis. Adding the Bio-Char to depleted soil fosters the spread of Mycorrhizal fungus in the soil, which in turn creates Glomalin (which sequesters even more Carbon). The enriched soil then produces more biomass which can be processed into more biochar...the result is an exponential carbon draw down!
The process also generates a bevy of marketable bi-products.