Description du projet
Des techniques innovantes de gestion du phosphore
Les pratiques agricoles existantes surexploitent et gaspillent les réserves terrestres de phosphore (P). Il en résulte des flux importants de P dans les eaux de surface, endommageant les écosystèmes. Comme ces pratiques utilisent de précieuses ressources en P et polluent l’environnement, l’UE a publié un plan d’action pour une économie circulaire qui vise à évoluer vers une économie circulaire du P. Cela nécessite de nouvelles collaborations interdisciplinaires qui façonneront radicalement la gouvernance du P, en introduisant de nouvelles solutions de gestion du P. Le projet RecaP, financé par l’UE, formera une nouvelle génération de spécialistes du P à devenir des «courtiers en connaissances» à travers les silos disciplinaires, dans le but de garantir des changements transformateurs de la durabilité du P dans l’UE. Le projet formera des chercheurs en début de carrière à la capture et au recyclage du P dans les systèmes d’eaux usées et d’eau douce ainsi qu’aux techniques innovantes de récupération du P et de restauration de l’eau douce.
Objectif
Phosphorus (P) is a vital input for agricultural production. Yet, current agricultural practices are overexploiting and wasting the earth´s P reserves, which are needed to meet the food demand of a growing human population. Currently, there is a large flow of P from mineable P rock through agricultural production systems to surface waters, where eutrophication severely deteriorates ecosystems functioning. Hence, P is polluting the environment, while at the same time valuable P resources are lost. This is the global P challenge! A challenge of planetary dimensions with potentially dramatic consequences for humans. Through its circular Economy Action Plan, the EU provides the regulatory framework to develop an economy where the value of products, materials and resources is maintained for as long as possible. Important steps towards a circular P economy includes establishing new interdisciplinary partnerships for creating strategies towards radical restructuring of P governance and for developing novel, interdisciplinary P management solutions involving multi-stakeholder participation at regional and global scales. RecaP will address these needs by creating a new generation of P specialists to become ‘knowledge brokers’ across disciplinary silos with their interdisciplinary skills, experience and networks, ensuring transformative changes in P sustainability in the EU. RecaP will not just explore the technical aspects of the global P challenge, but also where such solutions can be implemented in a way that is socially, economically, and environmentally acceptable. ESRs will focus on capture and recycling of P from wastewater and freshwater systems, novel P recovery techniques, strategies to improve crop utilization of P, novel freshwater restoration techniques, as well as barriers and enablers to policy and economic transformation to support recycling. All activities are connected to one another in order to create novel insights that can help create new P governance.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processes
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinateur
5230 Odense M
Danemark