In scope of the HoliSoils project, the Thuenen Institute (consortium partner) launched a questionnaire to review the different methods of calculating and reporting GHG fluxes in European countries. The aim is to gain knowledge of the applied methods, but also assess uncertainties and challenges of national inventories and pinpoint areas that can be improved. Based on the results of the questionnaire, we want to develop practice-oriented recommendations for improving future forest soil GHG inventories.
The questionnaire is targeted towards national experts specialised in either soil GHG inventory reporting procedures, national soil surveys or soil carbon modelling. For each target audience, a separate survey was created:
PhD candidate Elisa Bruni from the Climate and Environmental Sciences Laboratory (LSCE) in France is pleased to invite you to her doctoral thesis defence entitled “Soil organic carbon modelling: estimating carbon input changes required to reach policy objectives aimed at increasing soil organic carbon stocks”.
The defence will take place on Monday 28 March 2022 at 2:00 p.m. in Amphi 7 of AgroParisTech (Paris-Maine), located at 19 Avenue du Maine, 75015 Paris. For those who prefer to attend remotely, you can join the videoconference through the following link (Meeting ID: 930 0252 2076 / Password: 954715). The presentation will be held in English.
The thesis jury board is composed of the following experts:
Axel DON, Senior Lecturer, Thünen Institute (Germany) – Rapporteur & Examiner
Isabelle BASILE, Research Director, INRAE Centre PACA (France) – Rapporteur & Examiner
Sébastien Barot, Director of Research, IRD (France) – Examiner
Patricia Garnier, Director of Research, INRAE (France) – Examiner
Emanuele Lugato, Project manager, Joint Research Centre (Europe) – Examiner
Stefano Manzoni, Senior Lecturer, Stockholm University (Sweden) – Examiner
Claire Chenu, Director of Research, INRAE (France) – Thesis director
Bertrand Guenet, Research Fellow, INRAE (France) – Examiner
Denis Angers, Honorary Director of Research, Université de Laval (Canada) – Invited
Gaby Deckmyn, Senior Scientist, University of Antwerp (Belgium) – Invited
Thesis abstract
To partially compensate for CO2 emissions, the 4 per 1000 initiative proposed an annual 4‰ soil organic carbon (SOC) stock increase. Yet, the feasibility of such an ambitious target is still under debate. The most efficient way to increase the SOC stocks is to increase the C input to the soil. The objective of this thesis was to estimate the C input required to yearly increase the SOC stocks by 4‰ in European croplands.
To solve this problem, we built an inverse modelling approach and tested it on a SOC model, by estimating the C input required to reach the 4‰ objective at multiple long-term agricultural experiments in Europe. Then, we applied this approach to a multimodel ensemble, to assess the uncertainties of the estimations according to different representations of the SOC dynamics. As a first attempt to provide insights for policymakers on the feasibility of a 4‰ target in Europe, we applied a multi-model ensemble over the whole European cropland area, and we generated maps of the required C input under two scenarios of climate change. To improve the simulation of SOC stocks at the European scale, we tested a new, statistically derived, parametrization technique.
Our study demonstrates that there are substantial uncertainties around the C input required to reach a 4‰ target. However, a general pattern emerges at the European cropland scale, where the 4‰ target seems feasible under future scenarios of climate change, only assuming drastic increases of C input to the soil.
The Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (a member of the HoliSoils consortium) is pleased to invite you to the 4th conference on the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms to be held in Prague, Czech Republic on 19-23 June 2022. This will be the fourth conference in the triennial symposium series on this topic, last organised in Helsinky in 2018. The conferences were attended by more than 400 participants from all over the world.
The conference is planned as an interdisciplinary platform that should offer as much interaction as possible between the various topics of microbial ecology. This includes questions concerning individual microbes, microbial communities as well as their interactions with the environment and other soil biota. The organisers aim to link current “omics” molecular methods, such as metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics, with approaches based on soil chemical and biochemical analyses, exploration of soil fauna and plant ecology.
The other important goal of the conference is a broad scope covering the ecology of all microbes: bacteria and fungi, as well as archaea and protozoa. The Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences aims to bring together experts from all these disciplines in a meeting where all can benefit from interactions and thus promote research in the field of soil ecology.
Important dates:
Abstract submission: March 15, 2022
Early bird registration deadline: March 15, 2022
Young scientist grants application: March 15, 2022
Soils are crucial for food, nature and our economy and deserve the same level of protection as water, air or the marine environment. The European Commission aims to prepare a proposal for a Soil Health Law announced in the EU Soil Strategy 2030, which aims to specify the conditions for healthy soil, identify options for soil monitoring and set standards leading to sustainable soil use and restoration.
In order to improve and enhance this legislation, a consultation process has been opened so that both the general public and stakeholders in the specific field of soil science can provide feedback on the challenges, opportunities and solutions as well as any relevant information that would be of interest to the European Commission to improve the proposed law.
The European Commission would like to hear your views!
The Commission is seeking your feedback by 16 March 2022. This call for evidence is currently open for comments and your input will be taken into account to further develop and refine this legislative initiative for a future EU Soil Health Directive in 2023. The draft document for an impact assessment that will serve as the basis for the future legislation work can be downloaded here.
In recent years, significant model developments have been made in modelling peatland ecosystems. These developments have been motivated by the importance of these ecosystems to green-house gas emissions and to forestry. Therefore, it is also central to understand how they respond to changing conditions and management.
In this seminar organized by Luke Finland, we will take a look at processes driving peatland ghg emissions and growth, as well as novel modelling approaches to quantify their ghg impacts at larger scales.
The Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology(Czech Academy of Sciences) is looking for a motivated postdoctoral fellow. The position is offered for an initial period of one year, but may be extended for up to three years. The position is open until filled, starting date is negotiable (expected before 1st September 2022).
About the postdoctoral position
The successful candidate will join the international consortium of the H2020 project “HoliSoils” that explores the effects of forest management on ecosystem processes such as greenhouse gas fluxes, C storage and biodiversity preservation. The person will be involved in the study of the structural and functional response of the soil microbiome to forest management, disturbances and global change across Europe and will have the opportunity to collaborate with a number of leading groups in this research field. In addition, the candidate will be responsible for coordination of experimental work of the project partners.
Qualifications
PhD degree in the field of microbiology, mycology, ecology, botany, forestry or similar.
Experience in microbial biodiversity or microbial ecology.
First-authored papers in leading interdisciplinary journals or high-ranking IF journals in the fields of ecology, microbiology, soil science or forest research
Excellence in English and good communication skills
Motivation for independent scientific work in the field defined by the aims of the proposal
Previous involvement in projects focusing on forests or soils represents an advantage
Experience with advanced statistical methods, modelling approaches or large data management represents an advantage
During the appointment, the person will be based in the Czech Republic
How to apply?
Please send your Curriculum Vitae, motivation letter and contacts to at least two independent professionals (such as PhD or postdoc supervisors) who can provide reference. Contact person: Petr Baldrian ().
Forestry Speed Dating puts innovators in contact with potential partners and end-users, to speed up innovation and create new partnerships. Through a series of speed dating workshops, and facilitation of meeting with innovators, you can find inspiration and explore new solutions towards a sustainable forest circular bioeconomy for your area.
Get in touch with the innovators behind digital solutions for soil monitoring and hear about how they can help you in monitoring your forest soil.
After a successful 2021, EFI’s Bioregions Facility organises a new series of its Forestry Speed Dating in 2022 to promote innovation and collaboration within the topic of Digital solutions for soil monitoring.
The Forestry Speed Dating, to be held on 21 March 2022, will connect the innovators behind digital solutions for soil monitoring with participants such as companies and organisations involved in forest management and operations, forest monitoring and research, as well as stakeholders working in the field of land management, climate change, forest soil monitoring and soil health.
Agenda
Content
10:00
Introduction
5 min
10:05
Presentation and Q&A SOCiT app, by Matt Aitkenhead
20 min
10:25
Presentation and Q&A BefahrGut project, by Dirk Jaeger or Marian Schönauer
20 min
10:45
Presentation and Q&A LURSOIL app, by Nahia Gatzia
20 min
11:05
Breakout rooms with speakers
22 min
11:27
Closure and presentation of next event
3 min
11:30
Continuation of breakout rooms according to availability
Meet the innovators, get inspired and develop new partnerships
Forestry Speed Dating puts innovators in contact with potential partners and end-users, to speed up innovation and create new partnerships. Through a series of speed dating workshops, and facilitation of meeting with innovators, you can find inspiration and explore new solutions towards a sustainable forest circular bioeconomy for your area.
These events are organised in collaboration with the Horizon 2020’s project ROSEWOOD4.0, which is focused on harnessing digital solutions along the forest value chain to reinforce the sustainability of wood mobilisation in Europe.
Forest ecosystems play a key role in the ongoing global change as they possess a great proportion of terrestrial carbon and biodiversity. Their response to the large-scale environmental changes of our time such as anthropogenic air pollution, rising air temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and increasing occurrence of weather extremes (drought, heat, floods, storms etc.) have crucial implications for terrestrial flora, fauna and human societies.
FORECOMON 2022 – The 10th Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Conference will take place on 30 May – 1 June 2022 and will be followed by the 38th Task Force Meeting of ICP Forests, taking place on 1 – 3 June 2022. The Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) is the host of both events and is kindly making local arrangements. Both events will be organised as hybrid meetings to account for the possibility of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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