Fwd: [biochar] COP24 - the experience at WFUF2018 and synergies with Urban Forests [1 Attachment]
João Pedro Moreira Gonçalves
From: 'Tomaso Bertoli' tomaso....@gmail.com [biochar] <bio...@yahoogroups.com>
Date: dom, 2/12/2018, 08:43
Subject: [biochar] COP24 - the experience at WFUF2018 and synergies with Urban Forests [1 Attachment]
To: <bio...@yahoogroups.com>
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and others just hosted the 1st World Forum on Urban Forests and launched a call for action
https://www.facebook.com/wfuf2018/
I presented the attached poster and I think that biochar combined with bioenergy can play a great role in regreening our cities and sustain the brunt of the cost required for this investment
I used the group of the participants (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1701425369941307/ ) to promote the IBI presence at COP24
fully understanding the carbon cycle around urban forests and making sure that the corresponding impacts are finantially recognised ... anyone willing to join the effort?
next week, at cop24, delegates from my organization International Biochar Initiative will contribute to the discussion by explaining the sequestration potential of #biochar
as we tried to explain in our BiokW poster the benefits are multiple, farsighted, very large and positively self enforcing for many stakeholders
first of all we have to look at the avoided emissions from natural decomposition of the residual biomass from the urban forest - a good average figure is that 10% of the Carbon from decaying biomass is emitted back as CH4 which has a global warming potential equivalent 24 times higher than CO2
taking stock on a round figure of 1000 ton of residual biomass from the urban forest a controlled pyro-gassification process can avoid emissions equivalent to 1550 ton of CO2
the outcomes of the controlled pyro-gassification process are energetically equivalent to 200'000 cubic metres of natural gas so we can substitute another 200 ton of CO2 emissions from "fossil" fuels that contribute to the sustainabilty and resilience of the community activating the process
finally as much as 200 ton of biochar produced in the process permanently capture / store / sequester 600 ton of CO2 and foster secondary effects that increase the sequestration potential of the urban forest carbon cycle: +10% ~ +40% biomass production depending on soil and climate conditions > making the process not only NET Negative Emission but also a self feeding, sustainable, resilient and positive feedback loop
making a long story short a neighbourhood community could engage in social activities of advanced maintenance of the urban forest could generate sustainably 1000 ton of biomass generating avoided and replaced emissions for 1750 ton and provide a net yearly sequestration of 600 ton of CO2eq
as you can understand we hit several of the #globalgoals if you are interested on our poster there is a little more detail
assuming a person can generate and collect as much as 0.1 ton of biomass per hour from Urban Forest maintenace and a healthy engagement of 2 hours per week of moderate activity as suggested by social health studies to avoid the risks caused by the sedentary lifestyle to collect 1000 ton per year needed in this community project
rounding up the figures 100 volunteers working 100 hours a year could collect the 1000 tons of biomass needed to power the cycle
again anyone caring for the Urban Forest should have a basic understanding of the Carbon Cycle at it's roots and participate in the community communication of the many benefits
if you know anyone active at the COP24 on Forestry and other opportunities please forward this message
I believe that both as IBI and as individuals and local organizations we should attach ourselves to the call for action for Greener, Healthier and Happier Cities for All!
I think we would greatly benefit from getting out of our usual scope of cation and explain our integrated role with other disciplines
And use the COP24 opportunity to promote our role “at the roots” of the urban forest
https://www.wfuf2018.com/public/file/call_for_action_V2.pdf
https://www.wfuf2018.com/public/file/challenge.pdf
We, the organizers of (and participants in) the 1st World Forum on Urban Forests call upon you, as citizens, representatives of national and local governments, non-governmental organizations and development agencies, research and academic institutions, agronomists, arborists, architects, botanists, foresters and urban foresters, geographers, landscape ecologists, planners, sociologists and other professionals in the public and private sector, to support this call for action, spread the word and seek opportunities to apply its principles in your daily activities towards the achievement of our joint vision: Greener, Healthier and Happier Cities for All!
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Inviato: sabato 1 dicembre 2018 22:22
A: bio...@yahoogroups.com
Paul,
There will be four IBI delegates during each week of the COP24. The first week will be attended by Kathleen Draper, Finger Lakes Biochar, US; David Wayne, IBI treasurer, UK; Dr. Nikolas Hagemann, Ithaka Insitute gGmbH, Germany and Agroscope, Zurich Reckenholz, Switzerland; and Dr. Genxing Pan, Nanjing Agricultural University, IBI Asia Center, China. The second week we will be represented by Dr. Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University; Guy Reinaud, Pronatura, France; Dr. Ruy Anaya de la Rosa, Biochar for Sustainable Soils project, Australia; and Dr. John Lewis, Terra Global Capital (Former IBI board member). Draper, Wayne, Pan, Lehmann, and Reinaud are IBI board members. The delegates are volunteers who are paying their own way with some assistance from our recent fundraiser.
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