Biochar is a special charcoal product made from the slow burning of vegetable matter in a very low-oxygen environment in a special stove using a process called pyrolysis. This may be done on a small, local scale by individuals and families for cooking, or on an industrial scale for production of biofuels, and for many other purposes. The end product, biochar, is almost pure carbon, and buried in the soils provides many benefits for biodiversity and plant, soil health and human health. And it stores carbon captured from the atmosphere for hundreds or thousands of years, thus addressing global warming.
International Biochar Initiative
