The Mission of UKBRC is to undertake leading edge multi- and interdisciplinary research on the role of biochar as a carbon storage and sustainable energy technology, and to provide an understanding of the agronomic, environmental and socio-economic impacts of biochar.

Click HERE to access new report prepared by UKBRC and commissioned by the United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC): "An Assessment of the Benefits and Issues Associated with the Application of Biochar to Soil" (edited by Simon Shackley and Saran Sohi, published June 2010)

The 2nd annual UK Biochar Conference (convened and funded by UKBRC) was held at Rothamsted Research 28th-29th April 2010. Proceedings and presentations from the meeting can be viewed here

	Biochar is a fine-grained, highly porous charcoal that helps soils retain nutrients and water, resulting in increased soil fertility for agriculture. The carbon in biochar resists degradation and can sequester carbon in soils for hundreds to thousands of years, providing a potentially powerful tool for mitigating anthropogenic climate change
- The International Biochar Initiative (IBI)