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	<title>Africa Climate Debate &#187; Biochar</title>
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		<title>Can charcoal save the world?</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/03/20/can-charcoal-save-the-world-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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The best biochar is made by pyrolysis, according to Kurt Spokas, Ph.D., a USDA-ARS soil scientist and adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. Pyrolysis takes plants, animal manure or any other kind of organic biomass, traps it in an oxygen-free environment and heats it to around 550°C. At the end, you are left with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>allAfrica.com: Africa: Fears Over Planned Cut in Research Funding</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/03/09/allafrica-com-africa-fears-over-planned-cut-in-research-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2010/03/09/allafrica-com-africa-fears-over-planned-cut-in-research-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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The Swedish government has notified the African Forest Research Network Afornet of its intention to freeze its 20-year old support over what Sweden&#38;apos;s ambassador Ann Dismorr described as &#8220;administrative problems in recent years.&#8221;Mrs Dismorr announced the decision at a conference organised by the network in Nairobi, but explained that the governance problems in the Nairobi-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists see biochar as promising fuel source &#124; Northwest News &#8211; The News Tribune</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/28/scientists-see-biochar-as-promising-fuel-source-northwest-news-the-news-tribune-2/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/28/scientists-see-biochar-as-promising-fuel-source-northwest-news-the-news-tribune-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Scientists in Eastern Washington are at the forefront of research into an ancient practice that shows promise as a clean fuel source, a way to improve soil condition and to capture carbon that otherwise would be released into the atmosphere.
Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the federal Department of Agriculture&#38;apos;s research station in Prosser and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensible Rules for Ethanol</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/11/sensible-rules-for-ethanol-2/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/11/sensible-rules-for-ethanol-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://africaclimate.org/?p=849</guid>
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Despite pressure from farm state politicians, the Environmental Protection Agency has taken an important step to ensure that biofuels help rather than hurt the environment. Under new guidelines, biofuels produced at new facilities — including ethanol from corn, sugar, plants and other sources — must achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensible Rules for Ethanol</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/11/sensible-rules-for-ethanol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://africaclimate.org/?p=847</guid>
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Despite pressure from farm state politicians, the Environmental Protection Agency has taken an important step to ensure that biofuels help rather than hurt the environment. Under new guidelines, biofuels produced at new facilities — including ethanol from corn, sugar, plants and other sources — must achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Legislation: Biochar: Examination of an Emerging Concept to Mitigate Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/09/environmental-legislation-biochar-examination-of-an-emerging-concept-to-mitigate-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/09/environmental-legislation-biochar-examination-of-an-emerging-concept-to-mitigate-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Biochar has multiple potential environmental benefits, foremost the potential to sequester carbon in the soil for hundreds to thousands of years at an estimate. Studies suggest that crop yields can increase as a result of applying biochar as a soil amendment. Some contend that biochar has value as an immediate climate change mitigation strategy. Scientific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COUNTRIES MUST MOVE BEYOND TALK AT UN NEGOTIATIONS IN BANGKOK</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/09/24/countries-must-move-beyond-talk-at-un-negotiations-in-bangkok-2/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/09/24/countries-must-move-beyond-talk-at-un-negotiations-in-bangkok-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Copenhagen is closer:  developed countries must put climate financing on the table  
Governments must move beyond the rhetoric of the past few days to quicken the pace of global climate change negotiations which begin in Bangkok from Monday 28 September, to avoid plunging millions of people further into poverty, Oxfam International said today. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COUNTRIES MUST MOVE BEYOND TALK AT UN NEGOTIATIONS IN BANGKOK</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/09/24/countries-must-move-beyond-talk-at-un-negotiations-in-bangkok/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/09/24/countries-must-move-beyond-talk-at-un-negotiations-in-bangkok/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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Copenhagen is closer:  developed countries must put climate financing on the table  
Governments must move beyond the rhetoric of the past few days to quicken the pace of global climate change negotiations which begin in Bangkok from Monday 28 September, to avoid plunging millions of people further into poverty, Oxfam International said today. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The pace and scale of climate change may now be outstripping even the most sobering predictions of the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC).</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/09/24/the-pace-and-scale-of-climate-change-may-now-be-outstripping-even-the-most-sobering-predictions-of-the-last-report-of-the-intergovernmental-panel-of-climate-change-ipcc/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/09/24/the-pace-and-scale-of-climate-change-may-now-be-outstripping-even-the-most-sobering-predictions-of-the-last-report-of-the-intergovernmental-panel-of-climate-change-ipcc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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Eco-agriculture, in which landscapes are managed to sustain a range of ecosystem services, including food production, may need to replace the current segregation of land use between conservation and production. This could help create resilient agricultural ecosystems better able to adapt to the changing climate conditions.
Experts increasingly agree that active protection of tropical forests is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated Testing of Anila Stove</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/06/14/updated-testing-of-anila-stove/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/06/14/updated-testing-of-anila-stove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kuria</dc:creator>
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