Meet the editors

Ahmed A. Abdelhafez, PhD, is an associate professor of the Department of Soils and Water Science, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley University. He is one of the leading scientists in the field of biochar in the Arab region. He worked as a researcher at the Department of Environmental Researches, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Egypt, for more than 10 years. Dr. Abdelhafez focuses mainly on agricultural production, environmental

contamination control, risk assessment and biochar technology. He is a member of the National Committee of Soil Sciences and the Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, Egypt. He has published several research papers related to environmental contamination, risk assessment and potential remediation technologies.

Mohamed H.H. Abbas, PhD, is Professor of Soil Chemistry at the Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Egypt. He began his academic career as a demonstrator at Zagarig University (Benha Branch) in 2000. He received his MA and PhD from Benha University. Currently, he is a board member for the *Egyptian Journal of Soil Science*. His research focuses on sorption/desorption of potentially toxic elements in soil, their environmental pathways,

related risk assessment and environmental contamination control. He also conducts research on biochar, land reclamation, and the chemistry of organic matter in soil and plant nutrition. He is a reviewer of several national and international journals.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

and Benefits

**Section 3**

Quality

Introductory Chapter: Is Biochar Safe?

Standardization and Legislation *by Nor Adilla Rashidi and Suzana Yusup*

with Multiple Active Sites

Adsorption from Wastewater

*and Abdul Rauf Alhassan Malimanga*

*by Ahmed A. Abdelhafez, Xu Zhang, Li Zhou, Guoyan Zou, Naxin Cui, Mohammed H.H. Abbas and Mahdy H. Hamed*

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Production and Legislation of Biochar **9**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 47**

**Chapter 5 71**

Applications of Biochar for Soil Fertility Improvement **91**

**Chapter 6 93**

A Mini Review of Biochar Synthesis, Characterization, and Related

Forest Trees for Biochar and Carbon Sequestration: Production

*Kyle W. Fabbro, Zhenli He and David R. Derbowka*

*by Dongdong Feng, Yu Zhang, Yijun Zhao and Shaozeng Sun*

*by Donald L. Rockwood, Martin F. Ellis, Ruliang Liu, Fengliang Zhao,* 

Mechanism of In-Situ Catalytic Cracking of Biomass Tar over Biochar

Comparative Evaluation of Hydrochars and Pyrochars for Phosphate

Biochar Application for Improved Resource Use and Environmental

*by Stephen Yeboah, Patricia Oteng-Darko, Joseph Adomako* 

*by Aicha Slassi Sennou, Shuangning Xiu and Abolghasem Shahbazi*
