Test Sites
HoliSoils harmonises and maps soil data from multiple sources. These harmonised products are indispensable for Europe-wide GHG inventories and for the project’s experimental and modelling work in Europe’s main bioclimatic regions and soil types.
Field experiments at HoliSoils test sites will investigate the effects of soil and forest management (including thinning regimes, tree species composition, fertilisation, rewetting) and natural disturbances (forest fires, windthrow, droughts) on soil processes, resilience and climate change mitigation potential. Measurements of soil physico-chemical properties and biodiversity will be complemented by monitoring soil processes such as GHG fluxes and nutrient cycling.
Global
Uruguay – Tacuarembo

Established
2021
Organization
Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA)
Location
31° 52′ 14.844” S
55° 59′ 54.24” W
(North-central region of Uruguay)
Soil type
Sandy soils (luvisol; acrisol)
Dominant species
Eucalyptus grandis
Ground vegetation
Native grassland (pampas biome)
Aim of the study
Evaluate the effect of degraded native grassland afforestation with Eucalyptus on the heterotrophic, autotrophic and total ecosystem respiration.