Soils 2020

  The goal of this CRA is to produce the necessary knowledge and propose solutions to maintain well-functioning soils and groundwater systems in the Critical Zone1, or rehabilitate them where degraded, through:

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1. Better understanding of the long- and shorter-time dynamics and functions of soils and groundwater, impacts from societal (including economics) decisions, integrative management practices, public policies, and how these systems have been transformed; and,

2. Providing avenues, pathways, and narratives toward transformation of management practices of the whole soil and groundwater systems through a fundamental shift of socio-economic actors’ practices and related-decisions making processes.

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Call ​Themes:

 

1. Climate change, carbon cycle, and sustainability of soils and groundwater

2. Highly anthropized ecosystems (including large natural resources extraction)

3. Reconciling short and long-term process to maintain or improve ecosystem functions.

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Funding Agencies:

• FAPESP(Brazil)

• AllEnvi(France)

• ANR(France)

• CNR-DSSTTA(Italy)

• JST(Japan)

• QNRF(Qatar)

• RFBR(Russia)

• KAUST(Saudi Arabia)

• NSTC(Taiwan)

• NSF(USA)