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Agricultural soils and environmental change: integrating Geomorphic and Agro-Ecosystem Modelling Across Spatial Scales

Ziel

The general research objective of this proposal is to improve our understanding of the role of the agricultural soil resource in environmental change with respect to greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration and crop productivity. This will be achieved through: (i) the development and validation coupled geomorphic/agro-ecosystem models that will substantially reduce uncertainties by moving from conceptual and simplified coupled approaches to more advanced process-level approaches; (ii) the development and application of novel upscaling methods that explicitly accounts for the intermediate landscape scale. The management and future evolution of carbon stocks remains highly uncertain and a critical area for EU member states. This is recognised in the 7th FP Work Programme Area “6.1.1.3 The Global Carbon cycle”. GAEMASS maps onto this priority and will make an important contribution to address key science questions by advancing understanding of the distribution and vulnerability of carbon stocks in the context of the dual threats of soil erosion and climate change. GAEMASS will lead to an improved quantification of the impact of agricultural activities, erosion, climate variability on crop yields and soil carbon storage in European agricultural landscapes. GAEMASS will result in a better assessment of its current state as well as development/improvement of scientific-based projections of its future evolution. In turn, this will give the opportunity to draw links with other EU projects and to make the results relevant to larger scale Earth system models.

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Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

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UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN
EU-Beitrag
€ 166 800,00
Adresse
PLACE DE L UNIVERSITE 1
1348 LOUVAIN LA NEUVE
Belgien
Region
Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
Aktivitätstyp
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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