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23.04.15

The biochar’s potential to improve soil properties

The Department of Geography and Environment at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) held on March 23rd the seminar “Biochar: a potential technique for improving the environment.” The event included presentations of Agnieszka Latawiec, Ph.D. of the Department of Geography and Environment at PUC-Rio and Research Director at IIS, and Sarah Hale, Ph.D of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), an international research center and consulting about geosciences.

After the event, both speakers were interviewed by TV PUC-Rio. Click here to watch.