European Special Committee on Agriculture

The Informal Ministers meeting on agriculture and rural development gathered Ministers from the EU Member States and candidate countries together with the EU Commissioner for Agricultural and Rural Development, the Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Agricultural and Rural Development and members of the Special Committee on Agriculture. The purpose was to have informal debates on current agricultural issues and the presidency has arranged a visit to BalckCarbon for the Special Committee on Agriculure. Who's who        Thomas Harttung explains how sustainable land management can maximize carbon sequestration in landscapes (green carbon)       Lone Telling counts greenhouse gas emissions, avoided emissions and sequestered carbon  Christoph Steiner explains Biochar Carbon Sequestration, carbon negative energy and how to link bio-energy with sustainable land use.