Terra preta
Subtitle: how the world's most fertile soil can help reverse climate change and reduce world hunger : with instructions on how to make this soil at home
By: Ute Scheub, Haiko Pieplow, Hans-Peter Schmidt, & Kathleen Draper ; foreword by Tim Flannery
Contributors: Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- writer of foreword; Pieplow, Haiko, author; Schmidt, Hans-Peter (Ecologist), author; Draper, Kathleen, author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781771641104
Subjects: Charcoal; Biochar; Environmental aspects; Climate change mitigation; Carbon sequestration; Soil amendments; Agriculture; Soil fertility
Work titles: Terra Preta
Description: "Terra preta, meaning "black earth" in Portuguese, is a very dark, fertile soil first made by the original inhabitants of the Amazon Basin at least 2,500 years ago. According to a growing community of international scientists, this ancient soil, sometimes referred to as biochar, could solve two of the greatest problems facing the world: climate change and the hunger crisis. This comprehensive book condenses everything we know about terra preta and provides instructions for how to make it. Both passionate and practical, the book offers indispensable advice for how to create a better world from the ground up."--
Notes: Includes index.

Translation of: Terra Preta : die schwarze Revolution aus dem Regenwald.

Issued also in electronic format.