Taking biochar to market: Some essential concepts for commercial success

Biochar for Environmental Management: Science and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 375-392

  Glover, Mark ^a  

^a Renewed Fuels ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 84925694928     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770552     Document Type: Chapter

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