Designing biochar to enhance forest productivity

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Canada's forest sector is actively seeking ways to develop the "green" economy. This collaborative project between Lakehead University FoReST Laboratory and Alterna Biocarbon will investigate the potential for biochar (from wood and/or agricultural waste) to augment forest productivity while simultaneously sequestering carbon in a stable form. This combination of a renewable resource with a highly efficient carbonization technology has the potential to contribute to a carbon negative cycle - that is, to store more carbon than it releases. Known as "terra preta" in highly weathered soils of the tropics, the addition of biochar has been shown to enhance vegetative growth by improvement of the soil. Specifically, retention and release