Improved Biomass Cooking Stoves

PCIA Bulletin 10: Technology, January 2007
Elisa Derby, Lutfiyah Ahmed, Partnership for Clean Indoor Air

Dear Partners,
We have published the 10th issue of the PCIA Bulletin! (See Attached)

Russian and Ukrainian Manufacturers of Charcoal, Meeting March 14, 2007, St. Peterburg
Dr. Yury Yudkevich, main technologist "Bioenergy LLC"

DEAR FRIENDS,

Russian and Ukrainian manufacturers of charcoal have decided to organize a meeting. This meeting will take place in Petersburg on March, 14. They plan 1. to create association charcoalinger. 2. To develop the common strategy of sales of coal. 3. To study opportunities of a collective output on the foreign markets. Participation of wholesale consumers of charcoal from Europe and others is desirable.

Positive Charcoal=Negative Carbon?
Why adding charcoal to the Earth's soils will also address climate change.

Time to Master the Carbon Cycle
Erich J. Knight, January 16, 2007

Conference Announcement for the International Agrichar Initiative (IAI) April 29-May 2, 2007 Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia

Boiling Point Issue 52 from Practical Action is available on the HEDON website (1.8 MB pdf)

Contents:

Charcoal Production Improvements
John Kuteesakwe GTZ, German Development Cooperation, German Technical Cooperation, The Republic of Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral DevelopmentProgram Officer, Energy Advisory Project 2005

Fundamental Concepts on Improved Biomass Stove Design A PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH GTZ/MEMD UGANDA

Understanding Wood Wastes as Fuel TECHNICAL PAPER #46
Jon Vogler, VITA, Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Arlington, Virginia 22209 USA 1986

An English-Spanish glossary of terminology used in forestry, range, wildlife, fishery, soils, and botany