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Cristina Narbona, Minister of Environment, Spain, and UNCCD COP 8 President
Luc Gnacadja, UNCCD Executive Secretary
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Minister of Development, Germany
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"...immediate action on activities related to carbon sinks and increased land productivity,..."
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".. examine and act on linkages between land degradation and climate change. GHG emission reductions from agriculture, land use and vegetation have received insufficient attention."
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Goodspeed Kopolo, UNCCD Secretariat, listed benefits of biochar as a carbon sink under the CDM, noting that additionality and permanence of sequestration are assured and the baseline is simple.
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He described actions required for biochar to be recognized under the CDM.
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Wolfgang Zech, University of Bayreuth
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He emphasized that land degradation affects all continents,
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and described the positive effects of charcoal on improving soil organic matter and land productivity, and sequestering carbon.
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Christoph Steiner, University of Georgia
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"...the use of charcoal as soil amendment is not new"
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carbon negative energy
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global research and developments
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Slash and Char as Alternative to Slash and Burn
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International Biochar Initiative (IBI)
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Photos: Christina Steiner-Berghammer
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