Forest fires and bark beetle infestations are rapidly destroying conifer forests in non-coastal Western North America, and, subsequently, the life ending process of desertification is evident by decreasing annual rainfall. Communities throughout these Western bioregions… 
This article was published originally by Guido Scaccabarozzi in the ASVI Social Change blog in Italian. It has been edited and translated with the author’s permission. For more about ArBio’s work, see the ArBio Peru website.… 
With the discovery of Terra Preta, many people want to implement biochar programs. This can be especially difficult on a large scale, but solutions are being developed all over the planet. Some of the examples… 
As a plant lover and analog forestry practitioner, compost for me is an evolving sacred and artful expression of air, warmth, moisture, and elements seen and unseen. As compost makers, we can mimic and accelerate… 
Now that we know the two most serious handicaps faced by tropical foresters, the low cation exchange capacity (CEC) and the acidic pH of the soil (discussed in the previous article in this series on… 
