Amazon dark earth

Bio-char (Black Carbon) Stability and Stabilization in Soil
Johannes Lehmann, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 14850 and Saran Sohi, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
18th World Congress of Soil Science, July 9-15, 2006 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Characterization and Performance of Amazonian Dark Earths –Opportunities for Future Soil Management
Johannes Lehmann, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
Presented at University of Georgia

Terra Preta de Indio
Johannes Lehmann. Soil Biogeochemistry, Cornell University January 2007

"Terra Preta de Indio" (Amazonian Dark Earths; earlier also called "Terra Preta do Indio" or Indian Black Earth) is the local name for certain dark earths in the Brazilian Amazon region. These dark earths occur, however, in several countries in South America and probably beyond. They were most likely created by pre-Columbian Indians from 500 to 2500 years B.P. and abandoned after the invasion of Europeans (Smith, 1980; Woods et al., 2000). However, many questions are still unanswered with respect to their origin, distribution, and properties.

AGROBIODIVERSITY IN AMAZÔNIA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH DARK EARTHS
CHARLES R. CLEMENT 1, JOSEPH M. MCCANN 2, NIGEL J. H. SMITH 3
1Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, INPA, Manaus, AM, Brasil,
2Division of Social Sciences, New School University, New York, NY 10011 USA, 3Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Chapter 9 In: Lehmann, J.; Kern, D.; Glaser, B.; Woods, W. (Eds.). Amazonian Dark Earths – Origin, Properties, and Management. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht. pp. 159-178.

I INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ANTHROPOGENIC TERRA PRETA SOILS [NOVOTEL], MANAUS, BRAZIL, 13-19 JULY 2002.
Organized by INPA, EMBRAPA, UA, MPEG, USP

Program

Publications

Amazon's mysterious black earth: Soil found along region riverbanks; Rich in nutrients, stores more carbon
Forests.org, February 25, 2006

DISCOVERY AND AWARENESS OF ANTHROPOGENIC AMAZONIAN DARK EARTHS (TERRA PRETA)
William M. Denevan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
William I. Woods, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

“Somewhere, Something Incredible Is Waiting To Be Known”
Words of a brilliant and wise man, Carl Sagan. And indeed, some of the things
we will be talking about over the next two days are incredible and have only recently
become known. Amazonian dark earth is incredible for its own sake, but even more so
because of its implications for sustained cultivation, energy generation, global

Amazonian Dark Earths: Origin, Properties, Management
Johannes Lehmann, Dirse C. Kern, Bruno Glaser, William I. Woods

This book publication emerged from a meeting in Benicassim, Spain, in 2001. A group of enthusiastic scientists from diverse backgrounds decided that it is time to present a comprehensive overview over research on the so-called "Terra Preta de Indio", or Amazonian Dark Earths. Authors were invited to cover a wide variety of aspects around these fascinating soils, and met what became the first International Workshop on Terra Preta de Indio, in Manaus in July 2002. The frequent interactions and the workshop meeting ensured that this publication became a major text book on Amazonian Dark Earths. It is published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in The Netherlands