Soil Eco-Technology to Recover Water Storage in disturbed Forests
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
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Call for proposals
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Main participants
Biologické centrum AV ČR, v. v. i.
Contest type
M2 - International cooperation
Contract ID
MSMT-6292/2020-9
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Soil Eco-Technology to Recover Water Storage in disturbed Forests
Annotation in Czech
Soil water is an important pool of water globally and locally, it regulates the water fluxes in the landscape. The role of soils in the water cycle is largely determined by soil organic matter, which is in turn governed by land use. Here, we develop innovative techniques for the smart landscape water management. Consequently, applying these measures offers adaptations to global climatic changes contribute to reducing risks of droughts and floods, ensure provisioning of water for plants and human use, and contribute to the development of sustainable societies in Europe, Japan, and in other regions worldwide. In addition this will support efforts for mitigating global change by sequestering carbon in soils and biomass. To illustrate the magnitude of the effect of the suggested measures, we have calculated that soils in Czech Republic contain 5-10 times more water than all river dam reservoirs we have in this country. It can be concluded, therefore, that an increase of soil water storage capacities by up to 10% equal to increasing existing reservoir capacities of 150 - 200%, however, with cost being many orders of magnitudes lower. In forest soil, selection of tree species and application suitable forestry techniques is a major tool that effect hydraulic properties of the sites as is affect soil and soil biota development. The project brings recommendations on how tree species selection and forest management can be applied to improve water storage in landscape. We will focus on dominant tree species used in Europe, Japan, and Indonesia. Moreover, we will bring conceptual understanding of key processes of water storage relate to leaf traits, suggest general rules for forest planning. This toolkit will be applied on following examples of forest disturbances important in Europe and Japan: forest recovery after mining and similar heavy disturbances, effect of compaction by machinery and effect of game (deer) grazing, effect of acidification by acid deposition.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
40104 - Soil science
OECD FORD - secondary branch
10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)
OECD FORD - another secondary branch
40102 - Forestry
CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
DF - Pedology<br>DI - Pollution and air control<br>DJ - Pollution and water control<br>DK - Contamination and decontamination of soil including pesticides<br>DL - Nuclear waste, radioactive pollution and control<br>DM - Solid waste and its control, recycling<br>DO - Protection of landscape<br>GK - Forestry
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Apr 1, 2020
Realization period - end
Mar 31, 2023
Project status
K - Ending multi-year project
Latest support payment
May 3, 2022
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP23-MSM-8I-R
Data delivery date
Feb 17, 2023
Finance
Total approved costs
15,167 thou. CZK
Public financial support
15,167 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK