Climate change is driving new research into conserving natural resources and the importance of sustainability. One way to confront this situation is by implementing best management practices that help prevent, decrease, or mitigate the impacts of extreme environmental changes over a short period and help prepare for climate change in the long term. Currently, extreme events affecting natural resources have become quasi-permanent. They include increased drought, flooding, hurricanes, tornadoes, storms, wildland fires, and other human activities inducing pollution, vegetation loss, declining soil productivity and water availability, and increasing erosion, which threaten life on earth.

New approaches in managing the uncertainty associated with climate change suggest using integrating innovative natural resources management practices into decision-making for conservation. Because biochar can be made from forest biomass, it presents an opportunity to promote forest management in areas with a high risk for wildland fire. Thinning these areas can reduce fire risk and provide biomass for biochar production. Biochar has potential applications in waste management, renewable energy, greenhouse gas emission reduction, mine site reclamation, and soil and water remediation, as well as its potential for enhancing soil health and crop productivity.

This collection aims to demonstrate the importance and potential of biochar feedstocks, production systems, field applications, long-term results, and potential uses for climate change mitigation for natural resource conservation.