| First Name: | Niles |
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| Last Name: | Brinton |
| Email Address: | niles@charborn.com |
| Affiliation | Charborn Biochar |
| Subject | Take Biochar in to Consideration |
| Comment |
Three main points: 1) Increased focus on carbon sequestration in forest lands is not helpful unless we can get ahead of the growing trend of stand-replacing fires in CA. These fires represent carbon liabilities as well as significant sources of particulate air pollution. 2) When good carbon accounting is applied to forest management, working forests can be used to sequester large amounts of carbon indefinitely, with sequestration in the form of various wood products. 3) Biochar is a wood product that can a)provide a much-needed revenue source for fuels reduction projects and carbon-neutral biomass energy generation; b)provide climate change mitigation by sequestering measurable amounts of carbon in agricultural working lands when used as a soil amendment; c)provide climate change adaptation as a soil amendment that improves efficiency of water and nutrient use and drought resistance in agricultural operations. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-08-21 10:12:00 |
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