Soil Transformations in European Catchments

Project Information

SOILTREC

Grant agreement ID: 244118

Project closed

Start date 1 December 2009

End date 30 November 2014

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Total cost € 9 160 384,27

EU contribution € 6 974 572,80

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
United Kingdom

Objective

SoilTrEC proposes to develop an integrated model of soil processes that describes key soil functions. These functions are defined in the EC Soil Thematic Strategy as essential ecosystem services for the well-being and economic success of the EU. The key science advances are to develop, from first-principles, computational models that integrate soil erosion, solute transport, carbon dynamics and food web dynamics within an open-source modelling framework. This framework will provide the platform, together with existing GIS capacity, for a prototype simulator at EU-scale to assess soil threats and evaluate approaches to mitigation. This physical-based modelling will be integrated with new advances in decision support developed from life cycle and economic assessment methodologies for natural resources. A key conceptual advance of this project is to quantify soil stocks, their formation, loss and functions within the context of the earth’s Critical Zone. This encompasses the terrestrial environment from the top of the biosphere’s tree canopy to the bedrock delineating the lower bounds of freshwater aquifers. SoilTrEC will link 4 EU field sites that describe key stages within the life cycle of soil formation, its productive use and degradation. Existing data sets will be augmented with targeted process studies in order to provide the data sets to validate the integrated model of soil processes. These process studies will be integrated with results from additional EU, USA and Chinese field sites to compare soil processes and rates as they vary with lithology, climate and land use. These sites and their teams will be integrated through shared results and an international research training programme into a global network of Critical Zone Observatories. This programme of research will engage very actively with stakeholders involved in the practical management of land, and will draw strongly on the advice and guidance of international leaders in soil sustainability.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › geology › lithology
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › physical geography › cartography › geographic information systems
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › atmospheric sciences › meteorology › biosphera
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2009.2.1.3.1 - Soil processes and modelling

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2009-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

• EU contribution: € 785 105,60
• Address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK ; S10 2TN Sheffield ; United Kingdom
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › South Yorkshire › Sheffield
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tracey Swift (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (15)

INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE, AGRO-TECHNOLOGY AND PLANT PROTECTION NIKOLA POUSHKAROV

Bulgaria

• EU contribution: € 138 319,20
• Address: SHOSSE BANKYA STREET 7 ; 1080 Sofia
• Region: Югозападна и Южна централна България › Югозападен › София (столица)
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Svetla Rousseva (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE

Greece

• EU contribution: € 705 418,20
• Address: AGIOU MARKOU STR. ; 73132 CHANIA
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Nikolaos Nikolaidis (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

STICHTING DELTARES

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 794 821,68
• Address: BOUSSINESQWEG 1 ; 2629 HV Delft
• Region: West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Delft en Westland
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Ingrid Raaymakers (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 751 507,80
• Address: Rue de la Loi 200 ; 1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Maria Arminda Machado (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

HASKOLI ISLANDS

Iceland

• EU contribution: € 330 296,40
• Address: SAEMUNDARGOTU 2 ; 101 Reykjavik
• Region: Ísland › Ísland › Höfuðborgarsvæði
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 936 559,75
• Address: DROEVENDAALSESTEEG 4 ; 6708 PB Wageningen
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Gelderland › Veluwe
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Peter De Ruiter (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN

Austria

• EU contribution: € 633 835,80
• Address: GREGOR MENDEL STRASSE 33 ; 1180 Wien
• Region: Ostösterreich › Wien › Wien
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Winfried Blum (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 287 833,57
• Address: Polaris House, North Star Avenue ; SN2 1EU SWINDON WILTSHIRE
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Brian Reynolds (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 456 871,44
• Address: Raemistrasse 101 ; 8092 Zuerich
• Region: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Zürich › Zürich
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Susanne Read (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CESKA GEOLOGICKA SLUZBA

Czechia

• EU contribution: € 405 418,20
• Address: Klarov 3/131 ; 11821 Prague 1
• Region: Česko › Praha › Hlavní město Praha
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Martin Novak (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning CAAS

China

• EU contribution: € 148 648,00
• Address: Zhongguancun Nan Da Jie 12 ; 100081 Beijing
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Bin Zhang (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

United States

• EU contribution: € 183 916,00
• Address: TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING 110 ; 16802 7000 UNIVERSITY PARK PA
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tim White (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 251 861,16
• Address: ALMAS ALLE 8 ; 750 07 Uppsala
• Region: Östra Sverige › Östra Mellansverige › Uppsala län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Lars Lundin (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS

France

• EU contribution: € 164 160,00
• Address: RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 ; 75794 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: François Chabaux (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Arcisstrasse 21 ; 80333 Muenchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Joerg Voelkel (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data