IBI began work on the now-merged IBI Biochar Standards in May 2009. The IBI Biochar Standards provided the tools needed to universally andconsistently define what biochar is, and to confirm that a product intended forsale or use as biochar possesses the necessary characteristics for safe use. TheIBI Biochar Standards also provided common reporting requirements forbiochar that will aid researc...

La República de Colombia presenta esta versión declarativa de su tercera Contribución Determinada a Nivel Nacional (NDC 3.0), en cumplimiento de lo establecido por la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC), que invita a las Partes a remitir sus contribuciones con la debida antelación para facilitar la claridad, transparencia y comprensió...

Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), the World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Government of Tanzania, with support from UKAid - Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS)launched the Kibasila eCooking Model Kitchen. The pilot school, Kibasila Primary School, has been successfully equipped and refurbished with modern cooking systems, laying the groundwork for scale-up across other schoo...

The World Biochar Certificate (WBC) guidelines were developed based on the European Biochar Certificate (EBC) guidelines and therefore still include the strict quality requirements that are scientifically based. However, requirements based on European legislation, found in the EBC guidelines, are not present in the WBC guidelines.By producing biochar according to the WBC guidelines, the procuremen...

Côte d’Ivoire’s NDC 3.0 targets a 33.07 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 compared with the BAU scenario, with a potential 74.3 % cut conditional on international support. The overall target covers all sectors and gases, including methane, nitrous oxide and HFCs alongside the other Kyoto basket gases.  The NDC quantifies the emissions reduction potential of measures to address H...

Authors examine the potential global risk of increasing surface ozone (O3) exposure to three key staple crops (soybean, maize, and wheat) in the near future (year 2030) according to two trajectories of O3 pollution: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (IPCC SRES) A2 and B1 storylines, which represent upper- and lower-boundary projections, respectivel...

Maize is an important food and income security crop that supports livelihood of millions of small-scale farmers in Uganda. However, average yields of maize have remained as low as 2.2-2.5 MT/ha, compared to the potential of 8 MT/ha. The quality standards of maize grain produced is generally low, and losses during harvesting, transport, storage and processing as relatively high.In order to achieve ...

The purpose of this standard is to establish the technical specifications for the use of fire in forest and agricultural lands. Those intending to use fire must:Submit the “Notice of use of fire” (Appendix A, Normative of NOM-015) to your municipality.Use fire only when there are no fires within a 10 km radius.Do not carry out simultaneous burning on neighboring land.Verify the existence of a muni...

As part of a project funded by GIZ and Nabard on alternatives to crop residue burning in India, the communication agency Vertifer developed an animation film showcasing all research from problems to solutions for CRB.The film features the following aspects of Crop Residue Burning:1. Effects of Crop Residue burning (CRB) on farmers health2. Key data points3. Current policies and schemes for farmers...

Fire management in Mexico has been promoted by various governmental and academic institutions, as well as organizations of civil society, as a strategy to minimize the negative impacts of forest wildfires and maximize the positive effects of fire. One of its objectives is to keep the occurrence of forest fires within the range of variation of natural fire regimes for each ecosystem. Prescribed bur...