Description du projet
Des technologies de surveillance des aérosols biologiques
Les aérosols biologiques sont émis par les écosystèmes terrestres et marins, et exercent une influence importante sur l’agriculture et la sylviculture. Parallèlement, certains bioaérosols tels que le pollen ou les spores fongiques provoquent des allergies chez des millions de personnes à travers le monde. Il est donc nécessaire de surveiller les bioaérosols et de produire des informations librement accessibles et disponibles au bon moment, concernant leur localisation et leurs effets. Pour répondre à ce besoin, le projet SYLVA, financé par l’UE, propose de développer des technologies et des infrastructures de surveillance des bioaérosols dans toute l’Europe. Celles-ci prendront en compte les évolutions des bioaérosols liées à l’environnement et au climat, et seront applicables de manière générale dans les domaines de l’agriculture et de la santé.
Objectif
Primary biological aerosols (bioaerosols: mainly pollen and fungal spores, but also bacteria and viruses) released into the air by plants, fungi, and other biota, are strongly impacted by climate change. Simultaneously, they also directly affect the climate through interactions with clouds and precipitation. Many bioaerosols, especially pollen and some fungal spores, have allergenic effect on humans. Such aeroallergens affect over 80 million Europeans, reducing their quality of life and costing well over €50 billion/year. Information on bioaerosols is also vital for agriculture and forestry, where timely data about plant development, abundance of pathogens and parasites, as well as invasive species, are necessary for precision-agriculture and knowledge-based technologies. The demand for timely, free, and objective information is currently not met.
The overall goal of SYLVA is:
To achieve a radical improvement and fill gaps in temporal resolution, timeliness, coverage, and availability of information about aeroallergens and other bioaerosols. SYLVA technological innovations will be accompanied with new infrastructure, distribution and exploitation pathways, and links with stakeholders to ensure technology uptake and sustainability beyond the lifetime of the project.
To achieve this goal, the project will:
- Develop cutting-edge bioaerosol monitoring technologies
- Create bioaerosol monitoring ICT infrastructure and software following open-source principles and connect it to European environmental observing systems
- Validate the operational maturity and added-value of bioaerosol monitoring technology through Demonstration Pilots in three European regions
- Maximise impact by demonstrating SYLVA innovations to key stakeholders related to climate, health, agriculture, silviculture, and the environment
- Ensure the long-term sustainability of bioaerosol technology and infrastructure across Europe
Champ scientifique
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic health
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learningunsupervised learning
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculture
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
00560 Helsinki
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