soil

Arable Soil for Future Generations

bionic soil is a most powerful organic soil enhancer and fertilizer system to

combat land degradation and desertification,

which at the same time helps to

suppress epidemic diseases deriving from biological waste streams recycle scarce plant nutrients in a sustainable way reduce GHG through carbon sequestration and reduced emissions

conserve water resources and quality

The widely neglected importance of healthy soil

Soil health is the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals and humans. (NRCS-USDA) Topsoil is the upper layer of soil usually extending between 5 and 25 cm. It has the highest concentration of organic matter and microorganisms and hosts most of the Earths biological soil activity.

Topsoil facts
it takes nature approximately 500 years to create one inch 6-10 inches are desirable, thats where all annual crops grow Losses from erosion alone due to inappropriate agricultural practices: up to 150 tons/acre/year (NRCS-USDA) At current loss rates only 60 yrs of topsoil are left
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Topsoil functions
Water storage and management

Nutrient and Carbon balancing

Source of micronutrients and microorganisms Carbon sink

Environmental pollution control

Plays a fundamental role in climate change and water preservation

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Soil is the key interface for mankinds ecosystem

Soil is the primary interface between all vital resource domains defining the Earths carrying capacity for mankind. To perform that function it has to be kept healthy.
Decomposing organic mass
The main exchange for: Carbon cycle Nutrient cycle Water cycle Microbes regeneration (Detoxification)

Atmosphere

Food and None-food Uses

Soil

Soil Life (microbes) Water

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Arable land is in short supply globally

Limited public awareness for a most critical problem
Carrying capacity of planet earth requires continuous expansion of food production Resources like air, water, soil formerly considered indefinite are now limited Inorganic nutrient sources Signed 1994, 193 parties Is a 10-year strategy framework until 2018 adequate to the problems?

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Scarcity of arable land is on the rise since the mid-1990ties with farm productivity levelling
Increasing Losses Diminishing Gains Clearing of virgin forests Grasslands and Savannahs

Land availability balance:

Infrastructure, urbanization Extractive industries

Desertification

Soil reclamation is inevitable to counter pressure on food and non-food farm production.

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What the UN says (also see original text next slide)

Land is a finite resource. Only 1/32 of planet Earth represents arable land. 52% of agriculture land is at least moderately affected by soil degradation. 12 million ha are lost per year due to drought and desertification. Arable land losses estimated at 30-35 times of historical rates. Land degradation undermines water availability and quality. Losses in food production due to land degradation may combine with those from depressed yields from effects of climate change reaching up to 50% by 2050 in some countries. Agriculture is currently responsible for 13% of GHG emissions.

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The negative balance: losses increasingly exceed gains

Historic drivers of farmland losses
Unsustainable agronomic practices
Highly intensive commercial farming Indigenous small migrating farmers primarily in Africa

Historic drivers of farmland gains

Clearing of pristine rainforests
Damaging to the environment Destroying biodiversity Harming further the CO2 balance Low fertility soils Deplete rapidly Desertification after being abandoned

Extractive industries Urbanization and infrastructure Effects of Climate change

Drought & flooding Erosion

Farming of grasslands and Savannahs

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Bold measures are urgently required to reverse losses

Protection of still functional soils
Conservation of good farm land Recovery of already depleted farm land

Reclamation of lost farmland

Maintain natural soil fertility by establishing sustainable nutrient cycles Former mining and extractive industry use Former urban, infrastructure and industrial uses Former farmland lost to desertification
Erosion Salination

End top soil losses to erosion (25 billion tons worldwide every year!)

Agro-ecosystems demand active human interference for stability

We have to recognize and accept our duty
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Why we need abundant, healthy topsoil

Food production
Balanced Sustainability Continuous yield under adverse climate conditions Avoidance and Mitigation of GHG emissions Storage and release of irrigation water Supply of drinking water

Carbon sink (CO2) and sequestration (C)

Water availability and quality

Cleanup of toxic pollution by soil microbes

chemical: leached fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides biological: hormones, microbes, germs

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Bionic soil can make a huge difference

soil can play a major role reversing the current trend soil is a one-step soil enhancer and 100% organic NPK fertilizer
puts carbon (organic matter) back into the soil rebuilds a sustainable nutrient and humidity storage capacity makes nutrients available long term for plant-root uptake as needed No damaging leaching of surplus mineral fertilizers char activated with a selected mixture of beneficial micro organisms further processed with the patented Bio-Elite organic NPK fertilizer production method* adding animal manure and 100% organic biomass waste mixing the combination with additional micro organisms and fungi fermenting the product for 30-40 days until fully sanitized

soil builds on Bionics unique char product

soil is a modern, high-tech successor of the ancient Terra Preta found in the Amazonian forest by archeologists
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The soil Production Process

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The soil Production Plant

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Bionic char from the fuel conversion process*

Bionics proprietary fuel system has been under development since 2001 and is the benchmark for catalytic microwave depolymerization of carbonaceous feedstock worldwide. (patents pending)
modulated pulsed microwave

fuel
Bionic crude zeolite catalyst

Biomass

Lignin

Hydrogen

Cellulose

Bionic char

Lignocellulosic Biomass is converted at low temperature via the application of advanced microwave radiation combined with catalysts into bio-crude and bio-char in a specific reactor phase.

The fuel process is contained in a high-tech reactor system with a capacity of up to 80 TPD of bonedry feedstock.

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Food production in field tests

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How soil carbon sequestration reduces CO2

and how sequestered carbon improves soil fertility

Source: Lehmann, A handful of carbon, 2007 Nature, 447

Lettuce seedlings as one example out of many: left side biochar media, right side control with peat media
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The full Bionic soil Carbon Cycle

Water Long term rainfall & irrigation carbon sequestration Formation of healthy topsoil Atmospheric Carbon (CO2), Nutrients (NOx)

Energy Food Feed Lumber

Farms

Plantations

Forests

Biomass Production
soil Fertilizer and Soil Enhancer

Biomass Production
fermentation

Cellulosic Biomass Feedstock Catalytic Microwave Depolymerization in a fuel mf60 plant

catalysts

Mixing and treatment of activated char with organic waste

char activation

Bio-char

char

Micro organisms

Organic Waste
Animal manure Food waste Agric waste

Micro organisms Reduced CO2 emissions from waste

A carbon negative biofuel

fuel
High quality bio-crude Diesel blendstock Generator fuel

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Reclamation of fully depleted land with soil:

5 times faster growth of biomass up to 4 crop seasons under irrigation

Use of

soil for 3 years

No additional synthetic fertilizer required

Stabilization of the soil with soil and changed agronomic practices

Eroded soil

Even the most eroded soils can be transferred back to arable land and then continuously improved to high value farmland thus reactivating land resources, preserving the environment reduce carbon footprint and create value and sustainable farm revenues.

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Soil remediation at Welzow, Germany, an open pit coal mine

Starting from no vegetation at all the reclamation process started by deep plowing the organic fertilizer product into the ground

Welzow, 2007

2 years

Only 18 months later very strong vegetation has developed. Soil testing reveals the development of a new topsoil layer of at least 25 cm. A new field is ready for a first crop season.
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Recovery of degrading soil with bionic soil:

5 times faster growth of biomass up to 4 crop seasons under irrigation

Stabilization of soil conditions with soil and agronomic practices

End continuous degradation from conventional farming methods

Eroded soil

Continuous improvement of land from partially eroded soil back to valuable farmland saves resources, preserves the environment, supports a small carbon footprint and increases value and long term returns.

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Bionic soil tests show amazing results but why?

Organic fertilizer plus microorganisms (Bio-Elite)
Normalized organic NPK replacement Sufficient micro-nutrient supply No leaching of mineral nutrients Increase of organic matter Healthy soil biology through added microbes

Activated biochar (bionic char)

Increased carbon supply Increased levels of soil microbes Electrically charged carbon boosts soil activity Even more storage capacity Carbon is a nutrient for soil microbes

Storage capacity for nutrients and water

Natural aeration and loosening of soil

Counters compaction from heavy equipment

Humic acid release
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Sustaining nutrient balance (comparison)

The Terra Preta effect
Balanced self-augmentation of soil nutrients and microorganisms Sustainable higher yields at low input cost

Commercial farming with synthetic NPK

Increasing amounts of synthetic fertilizer required to maintain productivity Diminishing top soil and soil organic matter (carbon) Leaching of mineral fertilizers in surface and ground water destroys drinking water No protection against erosion remains

Top soil increase instead of losses

Soil quality grows beyond that found even in the best virgin land

Loss of soil storage capabilities

Fast dropping yields at rising input cost
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Bionic soil is closing the soil-resource cycles

The carbon cycle Nutrient uptake regulated again by the plants themselves
More carbon in the soil = less carbon in the atmosphere

Organic nutrient supply = the plant decides how much and when All plant pathways remain activated

Micronutrient Soil microbes

Easy availability of nutrients from synthetic fertilizers leave important pathways inactive Little training for stress conditions like drought or water logging

Controlled availability

Water management

Higher activity and availability than in most virgin soils

Storage capacity increase by 30-50% without any water logging effects Gradual release when needed by plants
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Bionic soil is an answer to waste management issues

Bionic converts waste with exploding treatment cost into a profitable resource Animal manure disposal
Recycling is a must to recover nutrients Avoid health risks borne from manure and rotting biomass

Biomass waste disposal

Health risks from food and agriculture waste, biogas plants, sewer systems GHG emissions from uncontrolled organic waste decomposition

Strict sanitation requirements in most developed countries (current and coming) add cost pressure to animal husbandry

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Make bionic soil your win-win choice

Because consumers want organic products Because farmers stabilize cost while increasing land value and income Because yields are not dropping with soil while revenues rise Because we need to maintain a healthy environment

for a sustainable future

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Partner with Bionic to participate in soil success

Bionic has started to build a network for the global roll-out of soil
highly flexible in finding the best fit cooperation terms Joint Ventures Sales Partnerships Franchising Systems Licensing Models Technology Partnerships

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