Biochar Life - Thailand

Biochar Life aims to both mitigate climate change and reduce poverty by training smallholder farmers in Thailand on biochar production and usage. Participating farmers turn their crop residues, waste that would otherwise be burned, into biochar that they can use on their own fields or sell to others for profit. The biochar is monitored through GPS & physical data that is collected with a smartphone application used by participating farmers. The project uses Kon-Tiki kilns to produce high quality biochar which are low-infrastructure and thus highly replicable, depending on waste biomass availability.

Biochar Life’s mission is to support the environmental and wellness needs of the general public via the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. They aim to improve the lives of rural communities and uplift the underrepresented by scaling carbon removal. They are committed to gender and income equality by employing fair and equal hiring practices for marginalised communities.

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• Permanence of 100+ years.
• Biochar improves soil fertility on degraded farmland, boosting both drought resilience and crop yield.
• Biochar Life’s project considers gender and income equality as primary social aims achievable through the project's creation of new income streams in rural communities.
• Their model is geared to uplift under-resourced and marginalised populations by providing sustainable income streams and a healthier environment. The project has reported that, on average, 75% of the revenue from carbon credit sales provides additional income for farmers.
• By improving the farmer’s credit worthiness and providing financial education and support services, Biochar Life helps financially empower their participants.
• The reduction of open field burning reduces particulate matter emissions, which improves air quality and community health.
• Biochar Life has a robust monitoring and data reporting practice that collects data points throughout the process. They use an internal data maintenance system on top of the European Biochar Certificate (EBC) standard’s requirements that maintains operational integrity.
• The project actively engages the community in open dialogue and maintains strong relationships, communicating project objectives and addresses stakeholder interests and adjust project strategies as needed.