Romania
T4 / IRT-4
Bio-Economy – unleashing the potentials while sustaining soils
Unleash the potential of soil to sustain a bio-economy in Europe by better understanding soil and economic systems in order to support land management for biomass production and consumption. Alternatives to non renewable resources are needed. Soils can provide bio-based resources, but overuse must be prevented to sustain soil system functions. ... read moreT7 / IRT-7
Farming systems to maintain soil fertility while meeting demand for agricultural products
Understanding the potential of different agricultural food production systems while mainaining soil fertility and reducing negative environmental impacts associated with intensive conventional farming. Increased knowledge about economic and technical aspects of organic food porduciton systems will improve their competitiveness and help mainstream sustainable agricultural practices.... read moreT8 / IRT-8
Circular land management
Research is required to understand the patterns of behaviour and interdependencies of actors, especially land owners, active in land-related policy areas on a theoretical and practical level. It is important to combine the strategies and instruments by circular land management through applied research and pilot case studies and in the sense of modular “tool boxes” to qualify a sustainable land management. ... read moreT13 / IRT-13
Urban Metabolism – Enhance efficiency of using soil-sediment-water resources through closing of urban material loops
Without further development of the methodological concept of urban metabolism, it will be not possible to identify comprehensive measures to enhance urban resource efficiency, consistency and sufficiency. Urban metabolism instruments and tools are needed at different scales (local, regional, national and supranational) to address indirect impacts, such as rebound effects or indirect land consumption. Such new instruments and tools will help manage our common resource basis, minimize negative ecological effects, foster the local economy through a circular urban economy and support a long term, high level of urban quality of life. ... read moreT17 / IRT-17
Climate change challenges - improving preparedness and response for climate conditions and related hazards
Spatial planning could be an instrument for coping with effects of climate change, but only if we have a better understanding of climate change mitigation, adaptation and counteracting negative climate phenomena. Integrated strategies on soil protection and land management should help reduce direct and indirect impacts from climate change. New technical and operational solutions can be developed using low cost, widely available data science.... read moreT18 / NC-1
Quantity and quality of soils, health of soils, soil carbon, greenhouse gases
Land use conflicts may be resolved by sustainable land management concepts based on natural capital and multiple ecosystem services provided by the soil-sediment-water system.... read moreT19 / NC-2
Biodiversity, organismic and genetic resources
Biodiversiy loss will be halted when the societal benefits of biodiversity and ecosystems is quantified for different areas.... read moreT22 / NC-5
Prevention of erosion and mudslides, natural hazards
This research will reduce the occurrence, duration and severity of natural hazards, by developing alternative land use management strategies that will increase the natural resilience to floods, fires, land subsidence, erosion and landslides.... read moreT25 / D1
The 4 F´s: Food, feed, fibre, (bio)fuel
This research will strengthen the transtion towards a circular and biobased economy, by quantifying the societal demand of this transition for soil functions.... read moreT26 / D2
Regulating Ecosystem Services
Assessment and mapping of soil ecosystem services are prerequisites for sustainable management of natural resources, to optimize soil functions and services.... read moreT31 / D7
Health and quality of life (living environment)
Research on the contribution of nature to health and well-being will allow for better spatial design to optimize these health benefits, especially with repsect to vulnerable groups in deprived areas.... read moreT35 / LM4
Land as a resources in rural areas (Multifunctionality of rural areas)
This research will contribute to maintaining and improving soil fertility, and nutrient and pesticide management. It will support nature conservation and provide options to deal with urban sprawl and rural depopulation.... read moreT36 / NI1
Developing impact assessment methodology
Developing monitoring and impact assessment methodology will enable us to detect and assess emerging threats from global environemntal change (such as climate change), land management and pollution to human health and well-being, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision as well as the prosperity of our economies. ... read moreT37 / NI2
Understanding and assessing impacts of drivers and management
This research will provide us with an understanding of the magnitude of the ecological, economic and social impacts of climate change, land management decisions, emerging and/or mixed pollutants, socio-economic drivers of land management and land use change, and policies, planning and regulation.... read moreT38 / NI3
Trade-off analysis & decision support
Research on comparative assessment of land management options will support realizing synergies and trading off conflicts between different societal demands with regard to land use and land management.... read moreT39 / NI4