Objective The strategic goal of EcoFINDERS is to provide the EC with tools to design and implement soil strategies aimed at ensuring sustainable use of soils, including: i) Characterisation of European soil biodiversity; ii) Determination of relations between soil biodiversity, soil functions and ecosystem services; iii) Design of policy-relevant and cost-effective indicators for monitoring soil biodiversity. The project will: i) Develop and standardise tools and procedures to measure microbial and faunal diversity; ii) Describe the diversity of soil organisms (microbes and fauna), iii) Decipher the interactions among soil organisms and with plants through foodwebs and iv) Determine the role played by soil organisms in soils ecosystem services (nutrient cycling, carbon storage, water retention, soil structure regulation, resistance to pests and diseases, and regulation of above-ground diversity); iii) Establish cost-effective bioindicators for measuring sustainability of the microbial and faunal diversity and their associated functions (using a combination of metrics and meta-analysis); iv) Evaluate the economic value of ecosystem services, the added value of these bioindicators; v) Develop and implement effective communication strategies to engage the European public around issues associated with the sustainability of soil biodiversity. The overall concept of the project is to develop and integrate the following activities: i) Decipher the links between soil biodiversity, activities, functioning and ecosystem services; ii) Combine three types of approach: observation, experimentation, and computation; iii) Assess the impact of environmental conditions; iv) Integrate information on microbes, fauna and plant communities and analyse how these compartments interact. The general hypotheses are: changes in soil biodiversity indicate the direction and rate of changes in soil functions and associated ecosystem services; application of cost-effective bioindicators brings an economic added value to sustainable soil management. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change) Topic(s) ENV.2010.2.1.4-4 - Increasing the understanding of the role of soil biodiversity in ecosystem functioning Call for proposal FP7-ENV-2010 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project Coordinator INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT Address 147 rue de l'universite 75007 Paris France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Philippe Lemanceau (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 1 117 573,35 Participants (27) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL United Kingdom EU contribution € 590 400,25 Address Polaris house, north star avenue SN2 1EU Swindon wiltshire See on map Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Mark Jonathan Bailey (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window AARHUS UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 783 737,00 Address Nordre ringgade 1 8000 Aarhus c See on map Region Danmark Midtjylland Østjylland Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Britt Sønberg Vilstrup (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 312 264,55 Address Bottgerstrasse 2-14 65439 Florsheim See on map Region Hessen Darmstadt Main-Taunus-Kreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Anja Coors (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAT ZU KOLN Germany EU contribution € 123 881,00 Address Albertus magnus platz 50931 Koln See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Michael Bonkowski (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window INRAE TRANSFERT SAS France EU contribution € 330 022,00 Address Rue du docteur finlay 28 75015 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tuong Bao Diep (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION Belgium EU contribution € 75 407,00 Address Rue de la loi 200 1049 Bruxelles / brussel See on map 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 David Walker (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window LUNDS UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution € 150 637,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 Lund See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Katarina Hedlund (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window KONINKLIJKE NEDERLANDSE AKADEMIE VAN WETENSCHAPPEN - KNAW Netherlands EU contribution € 597 273,00 Address Kloveniersburgwal 29 het trippenhuis 1011 JV Amsterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Activity type Other Administrative Contact Erwin Van De Ridder (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU Netherlands EU contribution € 180 491,00 Address Antonie van leeuwenhoeklaan 9 3721 MA Bilthoven See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Michiel Rutgers (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SVERIGES LANTBRUKSUNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution € 168 040,00 Address Almas alle 8 750 07 Uppsala See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Uppsala län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sara Hallin (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TEAGASC - 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KLIMA ALDAKETA IKERGAI Spain EU contribution € 231 376,66 Address Edificio 1 planta 1 parque cientifico de upv/ehu barrio sarriena 48940 Leioa See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Bizkaia Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Julen Ugalde (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window SRUC United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address West mains road EH9 3JG Edinburgh See on map Region Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Michael Smith (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window USTAV EKOLOGIE LESA SAV, V. 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