IBERS Knowledge-Based Innovations No 4, 2011

Contents

Director's Introduction
Professor Wayne Powell

The PROSOIL project – ‘Promoting Healthy Soils in Wales’
Christina Marley, Huw Powell, John Scullion, Gareth Griffith, Rhun Fychan and Heather McCalman

Soils as carbon sinks or sources: from mid-Wales to the Arctic
John Scullion, Gareth Griffth, Dylan Gwynn-Jones, Mike Humphreys, Iain Donnison and Kerrie Farrar

Biochar for sustainable soil, agriculture and energy systems
Edward Hodgson, Amy Bevan and Kerrie Farrar

Grass roots for improved soil structure and hydrology
Mike Humphreys

Feather mosses, nitrogen fixation and the boreal biome
T. H. DeLuca, School of the Environment and Natural, Resources, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.

Food Security: issues and trends in international politics
Dr Carl Death, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University.

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