is fundamental for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, but our knowledge about organisms and the habitat they provide (shortly: biodiversity) is poorly developed. For instance, the Atlas of Biodiversity and the Global Biodiversity Atlas contain maps with rather coarse information on biodiversity. This paper presents a methodology to map ...
Environmental . Job Type. Bioinformatician 2. Faculty Member 3. Head of Department 2. Lecturer 2. Manager 3. PhD Position 4. Postdoctoral 19.
The primary recognized challenges nowadays are the improvement and management of biological fertility under the condition when either single or multiple global change variables, including warming, drought, N deposition, overfertilization, salinization, alterations of landscapes, biodiversity loss, invasion of species, and intensification ...
A three year Postdoc is available in the project “ biota as drivers of ecosystem functioning and nutrient cycling”. This project is funded by the Swiss National Foundation. Tasks In this project you will investigate how changes in biodiversity and land use intensity influence nutrient cycling, ecosystem functioning and ...
interacts with terrestrial carbon storage in land systems. By summarizing the very different estimates of carbon storage regarding the different farm, , and climate conditions of ’s agriculture, Nowicki states that the carbon storage capacity of grasslands supersedes the carbon storage capacity of arable soils [12].
Existing data sets on earthworm communities were collected, harmonized, collated, modelled and depicted on a biodiversity map. Digital Mapping was applied using multiple regressions relating relatively low density earthworm community data to characteristics, land use, vegetation and climate factors (covariables) with a greater spatial resolution.
The Database (Heineke et al., 1998) provides a harmonised and spatial coverage of types and descriptions, based on FAO nomenclature, at a resolution of 1:1 m scale (ca. 1 km ×1 km) in all participating countries. The basic spatial units are the mapping units (SMU)—polygons representing areas of the same ...
Online ISSN: 1435-0661. Print ISSN: 0361-5995. Journal publishes basic and applied research covering all areas of in agricultural, forest, wetlands, and urban settings. Journal is an international, comprehensive venue for interdisciplinary scientists ...
For the above distinctions certainly apply and this will be illustrated by discussing the unique challenge faced by , now that a “Thematic Strategy for Protection” is adopted by the EU Commission. This may include a legally binding framework directive. Adoption of such a strategy at EU level is to be ...
The sampling guidelines used countries (ESSG), as kindly provided by the national institutions which participated in the project, have been recorded, studied, evaluated and presented in this paper. The aim has been to ascertain what sampling guidelines exist ; to detect similarities and differences (comparable ...
The Erasmus Mundus Master in (emiSS) will raise and meet the need for qualified and skilled scientists at the master level through a training programme bringing together ( physics, chemistry, biology and hydrology, genesis and classification, pollution and reclamation), management ( erosion and conservation, land use, planning and management ...
It will also train a new generation of leading experts. The project aims to identify the plastic cycle within agricultural systems and support the development of environmental policies related to mitigating the impact of plastics. The findings will advance our knowledge about the sustainable use of plastics agriculture.
Link. The ) will take place in Rio de Janeiro, August 12 – 17, 2018. Dedicated to the theme “ : Beyond food and fuel”, it will review the key role of in answering some of the topical key questions regarding future food and water security, environmental protection and ...
The project manager (PM) will play a central role the project and will be a full member of the project team. Working side-by-side with the project coordinator, the PM will coordinate the exchanges within the consortium and facilitate the consortium’s overall management conformity with the Grant Agreement and the Consortium Agreement. These responsibilities include a wide set of tasks ...
’ A report by the JRC in collaboration with the Information and Observation Network (Eionet) national reference centres for Authors Ana Payá Pérez, Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio 2018 Infographic showing the most frequent words in national/regional laws and strategies addressing contamination and non-related to EU policies.
In the Union alone, costs related to degradation exceed 50 billion euro’s a year 15. On a global scale, degradation has also been linked to mass migrations, violence, and ...
Over the past decades, thousands of different per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been produced and applied in various industrial processes and consumer products. Their structural diversity has reached a level that cannot be covered by classical target screening methods for individual compounds. Large-scale contaminations of , however, require the need to adapt new analytical ...
A discussion among representatives of ten societies, present at the annual meeting of the Society of Switzerland in February 2016, identified the needs to have permanent and regular interventions for an active ECSSS to be successful as the Voice. The collaboration between national ...
LUCAS , the largest expandable dataset for : a review. Eur J Sci 69, 140–153 (2018). Orgiazzi, A. et al. LUCAS Biodiversity and LUCAS Pesticides, new tools for research and policy development. J 73 (2022). NASA-USDA Enhanced SMAP Global Moisture Data.
J. Leifeld. a Agroscope ART Reckenholz-Tänikon, Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, Air Pollution/Climate Group, Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland, b Geographisches Institut der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland and c Department of Plant and , Cruickshank Building, Aberdeen University, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen AB24 ...
This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre, the Commission’s in-house service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to
To accomplish an post-fire erosion assessment, this study involved three main sources of data (Fig. 1), a meta-data resulting from bibliographic research on field and modelling post-fire studies, previous erosion assessments at scale for baseline estimations, and spatial data for the determination of wildfires impact on ecosystems and the correspondent vegetation ...
, the areas under CA have stagnated since the 1980s at around 1 to a few percent depending on the country. Long held back by the myth of the need to work the and by the competition of the development of simplified cultural techniques (SCT), CA has for the past ten years or so, generated a great deal of interest among farmers .
333: Sparsely vegetated areas. 2.2. Method. In this study, potentials of throughout have been assessed and mapped by using critical thresholds ( Table 2) of the selected variables that potentially affect the conditions of soils for biodiversity and thus levels ( Table 1 ).
Knowledge. Themes. Erosion by water. (Baseline) Erosion - Projections by 2050; Historical reconstruction (1860-2018) of erosion rates; Global Erosion; Global Erosion – Future projections; PESERA Model; MESALES Model; G2 Model; Indicators on Erosion; Erodibility ; Global Rainfall Erosivity
compaction (SC) is a major threat for agriculture that affects many ecosystem functions, such as water and air circulation in soils, root growth, and crop production. Our objective was to present the results from five short-term (<5 years) case studies located along the north–south and east–west gradients and conducted within the SoilCare project using -improving ...
Two open PhD positions in erosion research. University of Basel | Switzerland | 2 months ago. » Other Agricultural sciences » Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Country Switzerland Application Deadline 28 Jan 2024 - 22:59 (UTC) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time.
where SOC is the organic carbon content of the spatially explicit topsoil layer (Mg ha −1 in the 0–30 cm) computed for (1 km grid cell resolution) (Lugato et al., 2016), SL is the net loss estimated by WaTEM/SEDEM (Mg ha −1 yr −1), BD is the bulk density (Mg m 3) derived from the topsoil physical properties map at ...
, the Network Forensic Institutes-Animal Plant Trace working group have created a best practices manual to help standardize practices and procedures across (Bourguignon et al., 2019). The IUGS-IFG has also produced a Guide (Donnelly et al., in press) and encourage international events to increase awareness ...
Accuracy in assessing the distribution of (SOC) is an important issue because of playing key roles in the functions of both natural ecosystems and agricultural systems. There are several studies in the literature with the aim of finding the best method to assess and map the distribution of SOC content for . Therefore this study aims searching for another aspect of ...
They found roles for functions in virtually all of them, except SDGs 5, 10, 14 and 17, which assumes, among other things, that we in the community have nothing to contribute to gender issues, although in some countries almost all the preparation of soils for cropping is carried out by women, or to the research on the “land ...
In densely populated western fertility research started because there was little spare land, whereas in the Russian Empire and the United States land was amply available and survey developed. Since the second World War, has greatly benefited from new instrumentation and developments in other sciences.
The mean concentration of As in both and water samples did not exceed the limit recommended by the Community (: 20 mg kg −1 ... and Arts College, Rabigh Campus, King ...
This review provides a summary of studies analysing metal concentrations in soils and solution at roadsides. The data collected during 27 studies covering a total of 64 sites across a number of countries were summarised. Highest median values of Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn were determined in the top layer at the first 5 m ...
compaction is a major threat where about 32% of soils are highly susceptible and 18% are moderately susceptible to it ( Commission, 2021b). In permanent grasslands, compaction occurs due to animal trampling, machinery wheeling and poaching or pugging (i.e. penetration of surface by the animal hooves).
The Journal of , as one of the premier journals in the field, fosters that understanding by publishing the latest significant findings of research, the description of new techniques, and up-to-date authoritative and critical reviews over the whole field of and its applications. Journal of ...
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for Research, Innovation and , launched the Atlas on 4th May 2010 in Brussels at the Parliament at the inauguration of an exhibition on the work of the Commission's Joint Research Centre . Press release: New atlas underlines significant role of soils in climate change
Permanent grasslands across are very diverse in appearance (Fig. 1).This is partly driven by inherent factors such as climate and , but also by varying intensities of grassland management, resulting in continuous gradients of fertilisation and defoliation (mowing or grazing) intensities (Blüthgen et al., 2012).
The EU strategy for 2030 sets out a framework and concrete measures to protect and restore soils, and ensure that they are used sustainably. A new Monitoring Law will put the EU on a pathway to healthy soils by 2050. This proposal for the first-ever EU legislation on soils provides a harmonised definition of health, puts in place ...
In this context, the Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) has established the Data Centre (ESDAC) as a unique focal point for data and information at Union level [7]. During the last 12 years (since the Thematic Strategy adopted), the ESDAC has developed bio-physical models for better assessing the ...