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This conference is framed around themes, each theme is kicked off by two plenary keynote speeches of 20 min, followed by a discussion. After the plenary session, a range of different parallel sessions will be organised that are linked to the plenary of that block or a block in the adjacent plenary.
SCHEDULE:
Monday 29th January
11.00-14.00 Registration
14.00- 14.45: Welcome and opening
Dr. Ricardo Piqueras, Dean of the Facultat de Geogrifia i Història, UB
Chair: Saskia Keesstra (Aula Magna)
14.00-14.30: Opening talk by Damià Barceló: The EU Globaqua Project on Multiple Stressors in Rivers under Water Scarcity and Global Change. A Reconnaissance Study in Selected European River Basins and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Aula Magna)
14.30-14.45: Introduction by dr. V. Reddy (USDA-ARS, OECD rapporteur, Aula Magna)
14.45-16.00: Plenary session: Climate change: mitigation and adaptation (CC)
Chair: Saskia Visser (Aula Magna)
Keynotes:
- Pete Smith: Greenhouse gas removal through carbon sequestration in vegetation and soils
- Deborah Martin: Wildfire in a Changing World: Climate, Human Activities and Adaptation
1600-16.30: coffee break
16.30-18.15: Parallel sessions connected to CC, FIRE and LD:
Climate session CC1/2: Greenhouse gas removal through carbon sequestration in vegetation and soils (Pete Smith) Organic matter, the key to climate change mitigation? (Heike Knicker)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 401) | |
1 | Organic matter, key to climate change mitigation? |
Heike Knicker | |
2 | LIFE COOP2020: Pilot for rural smart grids through optimisation of energy use and innovative renewable biomass sources |
Sven Kallen, Katherine Franco | |
3 | IMAGE ANALYSES AS A TOOL FOR MEASURING WEATHERING RATES |
Milica Kasanin-Grubin, Srdjan Petrovic Luobin Yan Hua Peng | |
4 | Does the application of microalgal slurries increase soil carbon? |
Evan A.N. Marks, Olimpio Montero, Carlos Rad |
FIRE 3: Effects of pre- and post-fire management on vegetation recovery (Marcos Francos, Paulo Pereira and Xavier Úbeda).
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 410) | |
1 | Wild forest fire regime following urban development in the Mediterranean region |
Nadia Ursino | |
2 | Structural Heterogeneity of Vegetation Fire Ash |
Anna Brook, Lea Wittenberg Daniella Kopel Maria Polinova Dar Roberts Charles Ichoku Nurit Shtober-Zisu | |
3 | Mapping the impact of a torrential rainfall in soil properties in a wildfire affected area |
Marcos Francos, Paulo Pereira Xavier Ubeda | |
4 | The Wildland Urban Interface for wildlife management in Urban areas |
Maria Polinova, Anna Brook, Lea Wittenberg, Haim Kutiel |
LD2A: Land degradation and restoration: the State of the Art (Artemi Cerdà, Tani Taguas, Anton Imeson, Franceso Morari) second part on Tuesday
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Aula Magna) | |
1 | Updating field techniques to assess soil erosion in vineyards: ISUM (Improved Stock Unearthing Method) |
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, JORGE GARCÍA JIMÉNEZ CARLOS ATIENZA DE LA CRUZ ARTAL CABO PITARCH JOSE VICENTE VEGA PERONA Artemi Cerdà | |
2 | The interplay between facilitation and habitat type drive spatial vegetation patterns in global drylands |
Berdugo, Miguel, Soliveres, Santiago Kéfi, Sonia Maestre, Fernando T. | |
3 | Respective and Shared Contributions of Land Preparation and Vegetation to Soil Ecosystem Services in Longtan Catchment, China |
FENG Tianjian, CHEN Liding WEI Wei | |
4 | Effects of different soil managements in vineyards to slope stability |
Massimiliano Bordoni, Alberto Vercesi Cristina Ganimede Maria Cristina Reguzzi Emanuele Mazzoni Enrica Capelli Sauro Simoni Claudia Meisina | |
5 | Measuring the kinetic energy of rainfall and the soil particles splash |
David Zumr, Martin Neumann Tomás Laburda Jan Devátý Petr Kavka Josef Krása Martina Sobotková Tomá Dostál Lisbeth L. Johannsen Nives Balenovic Andreas Klik Peter Strauss, Ondo Fi er Zuzana Chládová | |
6 | Grey and green infrastructure used for flood retention in western Romania |
Rares HALBAC-COTOARA-ZAMFIR |
18.15-19.45: LD1: Workshop: Boosting investments in landscape restoration; how to build a pipeline of investable projects (Simon Moolenaar, Erik van der Elsen, Jan de Leeuw)
Description LD1 workshop: Boosting investments in landscape restoration; how to build a pipeline of investable projects? (Aula Magna) |
Rationale
An increase in investment is required to restore all of the world’s degraded lands. The available public funding will not suffice to bring land restoration to the required scale. Yet, increasingly private parties are actively investing in land restoration and significant experience on viable investment options has accumulated. At the same time, in an effort to attract private investors to invest in land restoration the UNCCD developed the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund. This LDN fund was launched by the UNCCD Global Mechanism and MIROVA in September 2017 and will finance sustainable land management and land restoration projects worldwide. With an initial capitalization target of $300 million, and more than $100 million already raised, the LDN fund is expected to become operational later in 1Q2018.
Structure
This session is organised to promote an exchange of ideas, lessons and experiences and is structured as follows:
First, UNCCD and MIROVA will inform the audience about the LDN Fund.
Next, Commonland, ISRIC World Soil Information and Wageningen Environmental Research (WEnR) will share their experiences with various aspects of ongoing land restoration and investment efforts.
These introductions will then be followed by an open discussion on the challenges and opportunities for investment in land restoration.
Contributions
- Simone Quatrini (UNCCD) – Objectives and history of the LDN Fund: how does the science behind land degradation neutrality translate into the LDN Fund?
- James Rawles (MIROVA) – Future of the LDN Fund: what type of investments are asked for and what criteria will be used to be eligible to apply for the LDN Fund?
- Simon Moolenaar (Commonland) – Business-driven landscape restoration with 4 returns on investment (return of inspiration and of social, natural & financial capital)
- Angeles NN, Erik van den Elsen (WEnR) – Lessons learned from CASCADE: tipping points and smart decision making based on dryland restoration research
- Jan de Leeuw (ISRIC), with contributions from the other presenters in this workshop – Information needs to support sound land restoration investment decisions
Breakout group discussion and recommendations: challenges and opportunities for developing investable landscape restoration business cases in partnerships
In the last part of this workshop participants will be joining breakout groups in order to brainstorm about constructive advice to the LDN fund: what needs to be done or avoided and what information and expertise should be considered to ensure the successful implementation of the LDN fund? Each breakout group will formulate 3 key points of advice and nominate one representative who will present the advice of the breakout group.
Tuesday 30th January
9.00-10.15: Plenary session: Fire in the earth system, effects and prevention (FIRE)
Chair: Lea Wittenberg (Aula Magna)
Keynotes:
- Stefan Doerr: When the smoke clears the waters muddy: vegetation fire impacts on water resources and how science can help
- Marc Castellnou: Firefighting in action: How we can transform uncertainty into creativity!!!
10.15-10.45: Coffee break
10.45-12.30: second plenary session on fire with 5 speakers:
FIRE1: Fire effects on fluxes in the landscape (Stefan Doerr)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Aula Magna) | |
1 | Wildfires in Spain in 2017 The rural population, victims and perpetrators |
Cristina Santin, Javier Jimenez Virginia Carracedo Juan Picos | |
2 | Lessons learned: Perspectives on recent fire activity in the western North America through the lens of multi-decadal fire science research |
Deborah A. Martin | |
3 | Forest fires in Portugal in 2017 – Chronicle of an announced tragedy |
António Bento-Gonçalves |
12.30-14.30: Lunch Break
14.30-15.45: Plenary session: land degradation and restoration (LD)
Chair: Simon Moolenaar (Aula Magna)
Keynotes:
- Panos Panagos: Soil erosion modelling: from European to Global scale
- Saskia Visser: A Generic Framework for Land Degradation and Land Restoration Information
15.45-16.15: Coffee Break
16.15-18.00: parallel sessions connected to LD, CC and FIRE:
LD2B: Land degradation and restoration: The State of the Art (Artemi Cerdà, Tani Taguas, Anton Imeson, Franceso Morari)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Aula Magna) | |
1 | Analysis of the spatial variability of the relationships between rainfall, runoff, erosion and sediment yield and synoptic atmospheric patterns around the Mediterranean basin |
Dhais Peña Angulom, Peña-Angulo, D., Nadal-Romero, E., González-Hidalgo, J.C., Albaladejo, J., Andreu, V., Bagarello, V., Barhi, H., Batalla, R., Bernal, S., Bienes, R., Campo, J., Campo-Bescós, M.A., Canatario, A., Cantón, Y., Casali, J., Casti | |
3 | Effects of different amounts of olive pruning residues on soil quality indicators in superintensive olive orchards |
Encarnacion V. Taguas, Víctor Marín-Moreno M Castillo Amaro Diego Barranco Artemi Cerdá J Antonio Cobacho Alfonso García-Ferrer Luciano Mateos F Javier Mesas Concepción M Díez Rafael Pérez José L Quero | |
4 | Causes, controlling factors and rehabilitation challenges of valley bottom gullies: A review |
Selamawit Amare, Saskia Keesstra Eddy Langendoen Martine van der Ploeg Tammo Steenhuis Seifu Admassu Tilahun | |
5 | Is cover crops contribution to soil organic carbon sequestration per se overestimated? |
Agata Novara, Antonino Santoro, Jesus Rodrigo Comino, Mario Minacapilli, Artemi Cerda, Luciano Gristina | |
5 | Impact of tillage intensity on clay loam soil structure |
Omar Daraghmeh, Carsten Tilbæk Petersen, Lars Juhl Munkholm, Liubava Znova, Peter Bilson Obour, Søren Kirkegaard Nielsen, Ole Green |
CC3: Impacts of climate change on soils in drylands: recent advances and challenges ahead (Fernando T. Maestre, César Plaza and Carlos García)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 403) | |
1 | Aridity decreases soil micronutrient availability in global drylands |
Eduardo Moreno Jiménez, Cesar Plaza Hugo Saiz Rebeca Manzano Maren Flagmeier Fernando T Maestre | |
2 | Physical and chemical properties of soils and carbon pools in global drylands |
César Plaza, Claudio Zaccone Kasia Sawicka Ana Méndez Ana Tarquis Gabriel Gascó Edward A.G. Schuur Fernando T. Maestre | |
3 | Biotic controls of soil functioning in global drylands under climate change |
Fernando T. Maestre | |
4 | The impacts of drought and its adaptations in a semiarid forest ecosystem: a look into the total and active soil microbial communities |
Felipe Bastida, José Luis Moreno Manuela Andrés-Abellán Francisco R. López-Serrano Teresa Hernández Nico Jehmlich Carlos García | |
5 | Land use legacy shapes the responses of soil microbial community against drought in a Mediterranean agroecosystem |
José Luis Moreno, Carlos Garcia Felipe Bastida | |
6 | Predicting climate change effects on Mediterranean drylands through plant functional traits |
Alice Nunes, Melanie Köbel Pedro Pinho Paula Matos Francesco de Bello Otília Correia Cristina Branquinho |
FIRE2: Wildfires in urban areas (Anna Brook, Lea Wittenberg)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 410) | |
1 | Land Use-Land Cover interfaces to model wildfire occurrence in Europe. Global and regional data sources for modeling |
LARA VILAR, Jesús Garrido M.Pilar Martín | |
2 | Evaluation of erosion risks in burned areas and identification of emergency intervention measures experimental area in 2017 Braga fire affected areas |
António Vieira, António Bento-Gonçalves Gustavo Baptista | |
3 | Valorization of Vegetable Biomass Could it Be a Tool for Prevention of Severe Wildfires? |
Ricardo MF da Costa, Maria da Graça Carvalho Jorge MPL Canhoto | |
4 | NUTRIENT FLUXES AT HILL-SLOPE SCALE IN A BURNED MEDITERRANEAN AREA. |
J. Campo, M. Fernandez-Raga, E. Cammeraat, E. Gimeno-García, V. Andreu |
18.00-19.30: Poster session with refreshment
POSTERS | |
FIre1_1 | The erosional and hydrological impact of traditional slash and burn “hormiguero” in the Macizo del Caroig, Eastern Spain |
José Rafael Pérez Borredá, A., Pulido, M., Rodrigo-Comino, J., Keesstra, S.D., Antonio Giménez Morera, Cerdà, A. | |
FIrE1_2 | Comparing transient and steady-state analysis of single-ring infiltrometer data for an abandoned field affected by fire in Eastern Spain |
Simone Di Prima, Laurent Lassabatere, Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Roberto Marrosu, Manuel Pulido, Xavier Úbeda, Saskia Keesstra, Artemi Cerdà, Mario Pirastru | |
FIRE3_1 | Shrub clearings and extensive livestock: an action of the administration to control the fires in the Mediterranean mountain |
MAKKI KHORCHANI, Rebeca Sáenz-Blanco Estela Nadal-Romero Teodoro Lasanta | |
CC1/2_1 | Ungulates effects on soil organic carbon accumulation and bulk density |
Miguel Ibáñez, Antonia Romero-Munar Carles Cardona Jaume Vadell Jordi Bartolome Emanuel Serrano Elena Baraza | |
CC1/2_2 | Carbon sequestration on abandoned crops in Mediterranean humid areas |
Carla Juvinyà, Pere Rovira, Hassan Lotfiparsa | |
CC3_1 | Influence of urban waste biochar on Typic Xerofluvent biochemical properties |
Gabriel Gascó, Iria Benavente César Plaza Jorge Paz-Ferreiro Ana Méndez | |
CC3_2 | LIFE THE GREEN LINK: RESTORING DEGRADED AREAS WITH THE COCOON ECOTECHNOLOGY |
Vicenç Carabassa, DÍAZ, Elisa FRANCO, Katherine KALLEN, Sven CAMPO, Julián ANDREU, Vicente GIMENO, Eugènia GONZÁLEZ, Francisco VIERA, Gustavo CRESCENZO, Valerio BERTAINA, Fabiano CASTRO, Antonio J. GUTIÉRREZ, Inés KOURKOUMPAS, Dimitrios GRAMMELIS, Panagiotis | |
CC3_3 | Barley crop as affected by warming and altered drought-precipitation events in semiarid agricultural soils amended with biochar |
Iria Benavente, Pedro Soler-Rovira Esther López-de-Sa María del Mar Delgado José Valero Martín Raimundo Jiménez-Ballesta Juan Carlos García-Gil César Plaza | |
CC3_4 | Is the microbial community of restored semiarid soils able to confront drought? |
Felipe Bastida, José Luis Moreno Teresa Hernández Carlos García | |
LD2_1 | Use of phytoremediation and biochar to remediate the Rio Tinto Area (Spain) |
Gabriel Gascó, Eliana Cárdenas María Luisa Álvarez César Plaza Jorge Paz-Ferreiro Ana Méndez | |
LD2_2 | Patch diversity and spatial pattern modulate sediment yield in restored drylands |
Valeriia Nazarova, David Fuentes, Sonia Vega, Andrés S. Cases, Diana Turrión, Manuel Ruiz, Juan R. Sánchez, Carme Bladé, Susana Bautista | |
LD2_3 | Beech (Fagus Sylvatica L.) versus Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). The impact of plants on soil water repellency and infiltration in temperate forest. The Wageningen forest study site. |
Saskia Keesstra, Simone di Prima Laurent Lassabatere Jesús Rodrigo-Comino Artemi Cerdà | |
LD2_4 | Hydrological impact of innovative barriers derived from industrial vegetal residues for control hillslope erosion: COMMERCIAL EROSION CONTROL BARRIERS (CECBs) |
Enrique Albert-Belda, Agustín Bermejo Encarnación V. Taguas | |
LD2_5 | Effects of previous soil humidity on sediment production in a semi-arid catchment – Brazil |
Helba Araújo de Queiroz Palácio, Julio César Neves dos Santos Eunice Maia de Andrade Jacques Carvalho Ribeiro Filho Marcos Makêison Moreira de Sousa | |
LD2_6 | Wadi dynamics in the Souss region, South Morocco |
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Mario Kirchhoff K. Daniel Peter A. Ait Hssaine Johannes B. Ries | |
LD2_7 | Terraces and rainwater harvesting design criteria: a review focused on application to sloping orchards |
Víctor Marín Moreno, Luciano Mateos Encarnación Taguas | |
LD2_8 | Finding soil quality indicators by Principal Component Analysis at the pedon scale. A study case in one semiarid catchment of Northeast Iran |
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Ali Keshavarzi Ali Bagherzadeh Eric C. Brevik | |
LD2_9 | Experimental evaluation of the effect of the protective technical measures against rill erosion |
Petr Kavka, David Zumr Tomá Laburda Martin Neumann | |
LD2_10 | Measuring splash erosion initiated by simulated rainfall |
Martin Neumann, David Zumr Tomá Laburda Jan Devátý Petr Kavka Josef Krása Tomá Dostál Andreas Klik | |
LD2_11 | Determination of organic carbon and chemical oxygen demand in water of Syr Darya River in Kazakhstan |
Saltanat Yegemova, Jesús Rodrigo Comino Abdulla Saparov Jilili Abuduwaili | |
LD2_12 | Straw hidric properties and use as mulch to control soil and water losses. A large rainfall simulation approach |
Cerdà, A. | |
LD2_13 | Testing differents infiltration devices in vineyards |
Javier León, Artemì Cerdà | |
LD2_14 | Testing infiltration measurements under different devices |
Javier León, Artemì Cerdà |
Wednesday 31st January
9.00-10.15: Plenary session: Nature based solutions (NBS)
Chair: Fernando Meastre (Aula Magna)
Keynotes:
- Zahra Kalantari: Delivering Nature‐based Solutions to Societal Challenges
- Carla Fereira: Re-Naturing urban and peri-urban areas: strategies to enhance human resilience and mitigate climate change impacts
10.15-10.45: Coffee break
10.45-12.30 Parallel sessions connected to LD and NSB:
LD3: Modelling erosion by water (Panos Panagos)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Aula Magna) | |
1 | Revision of currently used of values of Cover and Management factor C (USLE) using experimental methods |
Tomas Dostal, Josef Krasa David Zumr Ludek Strouhal Martin Mistr Ivan Novotny Vaclav Brant | |
2 | Pinpointing areas of increased surface erosion following land cover changes using RUSLE modelling and sediment fingerprinting: a case study of the Lake Manyara basin, Tanzania |
Maarten Wynants, William Blake | |
3 | The Daily Erosion Project: Potential application in Europe |
Richard Cruse, Brian Gelder Eduardo Luquin Javier Casalí Miguel Á. Campo-Bescós | |
4 | Using RUSLE2 in order select Riparian Buffer |
Margarita Roldán Soriano | |
5 | The Pan-European Soil Erosion Risk Assessment, the PESERA model. |
Brian J. Irvine, Mike Kirkby Luuk Fleskens Hedwig van Delden |
NBS1: Nature-based solutions for environmental, social and economic challenges (Zahra Kalanthari, Carla S.S. Ferreira, David C. Finger, Saskia Keesstra)
ORAL PRESENTATION (room 401) | |
1 | Nature-based solutions to control soil erosion need farmer’s incentives and education to be applied |
Cerdà, A., Rodrigo-Comino, J., Giménez-Morera, A., Novara, A., Pulido, M., Kapović-Solomun, M., Keesstra, S.D. | |
2 | Modelling and upscaling sustainable land management and water harvesting practices in arid and semi-arid environments. |
Brian Irvine, Mike Kirkby, Luuk Fleskens | |
3 | Plant cover management can fully protect soil from erosion in avocado orchards |
Mayra E. Gavito, Jean Arnaud García Brulé Yair Merlin-Uribe Laura Villamil-Echeverri Marta Astier Eloy Pat López Juan Tenopala Carmona | |
4 | Ecomed Project, Ecoengineering and Soil and water Bioengineering in the Mediterranean area |
Paola Sangalli, Guillermo Tardío Albert Sorolla | |
5 | City deal on valuing green and water in cities: integration of the multiple benefits of nature-based solutions in urban planning |
Sandra Boekhold, Roy Remme |
ECO3: A biophysical and socio-economic approach to the fate of the Terroir (Jesús Rodrigo Comino; Serge Delrot; Gregory V. Jones; Stefanos Koundouras, Agata Novara)
ORAL PRESENTATION (room 402) | |
1 | Ranking under-stock-weeding-machines for sloping vineyards by a bundle of measurement methods |
Alexander-André Remke, Jesus Rodrigo-Comino Matthias Porten Johannes B. Ries | |
2 | DETERMINING SOIL EROSION PROCESSES IN SLOPING VINEYARDS. A COMPARISON BETWEEN RUWER-MOSEL VALLEY (TRIER, GERMANY) AND MONTES DE MÁLAGA (MÁLAGA, SPAIN) |
Jesús Rogrido Comino | |
3 | Non-tillage improves the quality of the soil in a vineyard under Mediterranean conditions. |
Elena Baraza, Sebastia Capó-Bauçà Natalia Llopis-Vidal Alicia Marquès-Prieto Josefina Bota | |
4 | Effects of soil management on runoff and erosion response to rainfall events of sloping vineyards in the Monferrato area (NW Italy) |
Marcella Biddoccu, Giorgia Bagagiolo Danilo Rabino Eugenio Cavallo |
12.30-14.30 Lunch Break
14.30-15.45: Plenary session: Ecosystem services and Health (ECO)
Chair: David Robinson (Aula Magna)
Keynotes:
- Peter de Ruiter: How Soil Biodiversity Govern Ecosystem Services
- Eric Brevik: Ecosystem Services: Connections to Soils and Human Health
15.45-16.15: Coffee Break
16.15-18.00: Parallel sessions connected to ECO, LD and SP:
NBS2: Connectivity in hydrology and sediment dynamics: concepts, measuring, modelling, indices and societal implications (Saskia Keesstra, Stefano Crema, Marco Cavalli)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Aula Magna) | |
1 | The interrelation between ecological and eco-hydrological connectivity indexes demonstrates the relevance of different processes and feedbacks across scales and disciplines. |
Nadia Ursino | |
2 | SedInConnect: a free tool for a usable sediment connectivity index |
Stefano Crema, Lorenzo Marchi Marco Cavalli | |
3 | Integrating sediment connectivity into the assessment of landslides susceptibility for road network |
Massimiliano Bordoni, Maria Giuseppina Persichillo Marco Cavalli Stefano Crema Claudia Meisina Carlotta Bartelletti Yuri Galanti Michele Barsanti Roberto Giannecchini Giacomo D’Amato Avanzi | |
4 | A null model for assessing the independent effects of plant cover and bare-soil connectivity on dryland functioning |
Susana Bautista, Francisco Rodríguez Angeles G. Mayor | |
5 | Reducing peri-urban flood hazard using a holistic catchment approach to reduce hydrological connectivity |
Carla Ferreira, Rory Walsh, Lenka Slavikova, Paulo Pereira, António Ferreira | |
6 | Woody debris jams to prevent stream bed erosion in a semi-natural brook system |
Roel Dijksma, Gonzalo Campuzano Izquierdo, Monique Korsten
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ECO1: Mapping for soil sustainable management (Paulo Pereira, Anna Brook, Igor Bogunovic, Juan Mart-Murillo, Sebastiano Trevisani)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 410) | |
1 | Lithuanian National Ecosystem Services Assessment and Mapping (LINESAM) |
Paulo Pereira, Ieva Misiune Katarzyna Miksa | |
2 | Digital soil mapping and uncertainty propagation of available water capacity for metropolitan France |
Mercedes Roman Dobarco, Nicolas P.A. Saby Hocine Bourennane Isabelle Cousin Dominique Arrouays Manuel P. Martin | |
3 | Contributing to healthy landscapes by sustainable land use planning. A vision for restoring the degraded landscape of the Centre Region of Portugal |
Selma Beatriz Pena, Manuela Raposo Magalhães (Magalhães, M.R.) Maria Manuela Abreu (Abreu, M.M.) | |
4 | Hyper-spectral mapping of soil and vegetation conditions along semi-arid to arid climatic gradient |
Maxim Shoshany | |
5 | REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS POST-FIRE EFFECTS AT THE HILLSLOPE AND SUB-BASIN SCALES VIA MULTI-SCALE MODEL |
Anna Brook, Maria Polinova Daniella Kopel Lea Wittenberg Dar Roberts Nurit Shtober-Zisud | |
6 | Mapping environmental variables for a sustainable management of soil using intercrops; an interdisciplinary student project as study case |
Vandoorne B, Lejoyeux C, Baumann G, Vernier L, and Rolloy M.
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ECO2: Grazing as a management tool to build cultural landscapes (Manuel Pulido, Miguel Cortés Tamayo, Ali El-Keblawy and Tobias Plieninger)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 411) | |
1 | Evaluating the impacts of grazing and climate change on the structure and functioning of global drylands: the BIODESERT global survey |
Fernando T. Maestre | |
2 | Feral goat in Balearic Islands: an ecological or social problem? |
Elena Baraza, Oriol Domenech, Jordi Bartolome Joan Rita | |
3 | LIFE REGENERATE: Revitalizing multifunctional Mediterranean agrosilvopastoral systems using dynamic and profitable operational practices |
Sven Kallen,Katherine Franco Priya Devasirvatham | |
4 | Grazing systems in the world: differences and similarities |
Manuel Pulido | |
5 | A Deductive Remote Sensing Approach for the Assessment of Grassland Carrying Capacity with an Application in the Mountain Grasslands of Azerbaijan |
Jan de Leeuw, Afag Rizayeva, Elmaddin Namazov, Jonathan Etzold and Regina Neudert |
LD5: Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded lands in arid and semi-arid ecosystems (Miriam Muñoz-Rojas, Paloma Hueso-Gonzalez, Estela Nadal Romero, Noemi Lana Renault)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 408) | |
1 | Water repellency and heavy metal mobility and speciation in coal ash reclaimed hydrophobic technogenic soils (Technosols) |
Irena Atanassova | |
2 | Local and global implications of ecosystem restoration in degraded arid farmland |
Stefan Leu | |
3 | Catchment hydrology and soil degradation following farmland abandonment A comparison between different land management scenarios |
Noemí Lana-Renault, M. López-Vicente E. Nadal-Romero R. Ojanguren J.A. Llorente P. Errea D. Regüés P. Ruiz-Flaño M. Khorchani J. Arnaez N. Pascual | |
4 | Strengthening community resilience to soil erosion challenges in northern Tanzania: an interdisciplinary approach |
Maarten Wynants, William H. Blake Anna Rabinovich Claire Kelly Mona Nasseri Aloyce Patrick David Gilvear Linus Munishi Kelvin Mtei Neil Roberts Geoff Wilson Patrick Ndakidemi | |
5 | Evaluating past reforestations success in semi-arid Mediterranean areas now and under a climate change scenario |
Alice Nunes, Melanie Köbel Adriana Príncipe André Vizinho Helena Serrano Cristina Soares Pedro Pinho Cristina Branquinho |
18.00-19.30: Poster session with refreshments
POSTERS | |
LD3_1 | Soil and water conservation in a rainfed vineyard: effectiveness of common sainfoin cover crop |
Manuel López-Vicente, Sara Álvarez Nahed Ben-Salem | |
ECO1_1 | Mapping Green and Blue Infrastructures using digital globe images in Vilnius city |
Paulo Pereira, Paloma Hueso-González Ricardo Remond Juan F. Martínez-Murillo | |
ECO1_2 | Sampling density and soil phosphorus mapping on various field scales. What this means for farmers? |
Igor Bogunovic, Paulo Pereira Sebastiano Trevisani | |
ECO1_3 | A review of soil geography origins |
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, José María Senciales Artemi Cerdà Eric C. Brevik | |
ECO1_4 | Soil erosion in vineyards over the world. A review. |
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino | |
ECO1_5 | Mapping physical and chemical parameters in a complex agricultural system: implications for soil budgets at field and catchment scales |
Manuel López-Vicente, Sara Álvarez | |
NBS1_1 | Challenges and Advances in Urban Green Infrastructure and Nature Based Solutions: potentials of soil bioengineering techniques |
Pia Minixhofer, Rosemarie Stangl | |
NBS1_2 | Soil management under grapevines for reducing plague impact and soil erosion while enhancing sustainability |
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Manuel Seeger Cord Treseler Sören Thiele-Bruhn | |
NBS1_3 | The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services |
Saskia Keesstra, Joao Pedro Nunes Agata Novara David Finger David Avelar Zahra Kalanthari Artemi Cerdà | |
NBS1_4 | Poll-Ole-GI SUDOE project: the creation of floral islands to promote pollination in sunflower fields |
Evan A.N. Marks1 José A. González2, José P. Sousa3, Silvia Castro3, Violeta Hevia2, Joana Alves3, Antonio Silva3, Henrique A. Pereira3, Lucie Mota3, Nuno Capela3, Carlos Rad1 | |
NBS1_5 | Evaluation of subsurface drip irrigation mats manufactured with recyclable cellulose from meat industry |
Alaitz Aldaz, Rafael Giménez, Miguel Angel Campo | |
LD5_1 | Restoring dryland vegetation patches: the role of diversity and patch size |
Sonia Vega, Andrés S. Cases Valeriia Nazarova Carme Bladé Diana Turrión Manuel Ruiz Susana Bautista | |
LD5_2 | PEDOGEOCHEMICAL IMPACT OF ABANDONED MINE TAILINGS: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS |
Raimundo Jiménez Ballesta | |
LD5_3 | Soil and Water Conservation Measures on Watershed Dynamics: A Review |
Asmare Wubet Afework, Saskia D. Keesstra Artemi Cerda | |
LD5_4 | Using the litter in the revival of a degradated soil in seasonally tropical dry forest (SDTF) |
Eunice Maia Andrade, Eveline Viana Salgado Lindbergue Araujo Crisostomo | |
LD5_5 | Goats eradication as a previous tool needed for biodiversity restoration of Mediterranean islets. |
Miquel Capó, Joana Cursach Elena Baraza Jordi Bartolomé Juan Rita | |
NBS2_1 | A framework for using connectivity to measure and model water and sediment fluxes |
Saskia Keesstra, Joao Pedro Nunes Patricia Saco Tony Parsons Ronald Poeppl Paulo Pereira Agata Novara Jesús Rodrigo Comino Artemi Cerdà | |
NBS2_2 | Combining the Improved Stock Unearthing Method and Structure-from-Motion for connectivity assessment and soil erosion in sloping vineyards |
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, Alexander Remke Artemi Cerdà Johannes B. Ries | |
NBS2_3 | Sediment connectivity and fan formation processes in glacial and periglacial regions: the Ala Archa Valley in Tian Shan (Kyrgyzstan) |
Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva, Andrea Omlin, Stefano Crema, Marco Cavalli, Sergey Aleksandrovich Erokhin, Vitalii Viktorovich Zaginaev, Markus Stoffel | |
NBS2_4 | Dynamics of nutrients input output in a reservoir of the tropical semi-arid |
Eunice Maia Andrade, Kássia Crislayne Duarte Ferreira Fernando Bezerra Lopes | |
NBS2_5 | Suspended sediment and dissolved solids concentrations and loads in small agricultural watersheds in Navarre (Spain) |
Daniel Merchán, Eduardo Luquin Iker Hernández-García Miguel Ángel Campo-Bescós Rafael Giménez Javier Casalí Jokin Del Valle de Lersundi | |
NBS2_6 | Contribution of Soil Tillage Translocation to Soil Erosion in Vineyard |
Luciano Gristina, Antonino Santoro Agata Novara | |
NBS2_7 | Catchment model approach for the assessment of the fate of pesticides in sediments and surface waters fluxes |
Ana-Patricia FERNÁNDEZ-GETINO, Jose-Luis ALONSO-PRADOS | |
ECO3_1 | Terroir and Human Health: Connecting People to Soil |
Eric C. Brevik, Jesús Rodrigo Comino Artemi Cerdà | |
ECO3_2 | Tractor impacts on soil compaction in a vineyard located in Croatia |
Jesus Rodrigo Comino, Igor Bogunovic Paulo Pereira Ivica Kisic Marta Birkas | |
ECO3_3 | Soil erosion as environmental concern in vineyards. The case study of Celler del Roure, Eastern Spain, by means of rainfall simulation experiments |
Cerdà, A., Rodrigo-Comino, J., Giménez-Morera, A., Novara, A., Pulido, M., Brevik, E., Keesstra, S.D. | |
ECO2_1 | Delineation of land units in livestock farms of SW Spain designed for management purposes |
JESÚS BARRENA GONZÁLEZ, Joaquín Francisco Lavado Contador Álvaro Gómez Gutiérrez Alberto Alfonso Torreño Manuel Pulido | |
ECO2_2 | Firebreaks as a natural attraction for feral goats in fire prevention |
Javier Pareja, Jordi Bartolomé Emanuel Serrano Elena Baraza | |
ECO2_3 | The use of design thinking based on climate change and carbon sequestration |
Gabriel Gascó, Ana Tarquis Antonio Saa Ana Méndez | |
ECO2_4 | Formal vs. non-formal environmental education for climate change adaptation |
Cristina Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir |
Thursday 1st of February
9.00-10.15:
Plenary session: Water resources: quality and quantity (WR), chair: Yolanda Pico (Aula Magna)
Keynotes:
- Sergi Sabater: Effects of human-driven water stress on river ecosystems: from small to larger scales
- Gary Sheridan: When wildfires and watersheds collide
10.15-10.45: Coffee break
10.45-12.30: Parallel sessions connected to WR, NSB, ECO and SP:
WR1: Analysis and Fate of Contaminants in Water, Soil and Plants. (Damia Barceló and Yolanda Pico)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (Aula Magna) | |
1 | Consumption reduction over sanitation upgrades to mitigate pharmaceuticals impact on global freshwaters |
Francesco Bregoli, Vicenç Acuña Damià Barceló Lluis Corominas Antoni Ginebreda Mira Petrovic Ignaci Rodríguez-Roda Sergi Sabater Rafael Marcé | |
2 | Degradation of two herbicides on a sandy loam soil: Effect of the temperature and the organic amendments |
Jesús M. Marín-Benito, María José Carpio Jesús M. Marín-Benito María Jesús Sánchez-Martín María Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz | |
3 | Isolation of rhizobacteria from agricultural soils contaminated with pesticides in the Meknes Region, Morocco |
Mohamed MALDANI, Fatima Zahra ALIYAT, Laila NASSIRI, Jamal IBIJBIJEN | |
4 | Accumulation and metabolism of ibuprofen by the annual herbaceous legume Vigna unguiculata |
Yolanda Picó, Rodrigo Alvarez-Ruiz Leonard Wijaya Ahmed H. Alfarhan Mohammed Alyemeni Damià Barceló |
NBS3: Drones, Internet of Things, and Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring (Manuel López Vicente, Miguel Quemada)
Oral presentations (room 205) | |
1 | Multispectral UAV Imagery Automatic Registration |
Jordi Salvador Bernadí, Felipe Lumbreras Angel Sappa | |
2 | Irrigation optimization under limited water supply by integration modern approaches in traditional water management on the cotton fields |
Anna Brook, Maria Polinova Keren Salinas Antonello Bonfante | |
3 | EVALUATION OF MINE RESTORATIONS USING UAV IMAGERY |
JOAN-CRISTIAN PADRÓ, VICENÇ CARABASSA JAUME BALAGUÉ JOSEP MARIA ALCAÑIZ XAVIER PONS | |
4 | Coupling residue and water spectral indices to improve crop residue cover estimation from satellite images |
MIGUEL QUEMADA, William D Hively Craig S.T. Daughtry Brian T. Lamb Jacob Shermeyer | |
5 | FUTURE BIOMASS SUPPLY FOR LOW CARBON EUROPEAN ENERGY PROVISION IN A CHANGING WORLD |
Dr Astley Hastings, Prof Gail Taylor Prof Pete Smith Prof John Clifton-Brown | |
6 | LIFE LASER FENCE: Laser systems for the prevention of food chain poisoning and minimization of chemical exposure to the environment |
Sven Kallen, Katherine Franco Priya Devasirvatham Santiago Martínez | |
7 | Monitoring soil surface by close-range photogrammetry in multiple scales |
Josef Krasa, Petr Kavka David Zumr Tomas Dostal
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SP2: Sustainable Development Goals and Soil policy and practical implementation (Margot de Cleen, Co Molenaar)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 206) | |
Introduction (aim and context) | |
1 | Sustainable Development Goals: realizing transitions by sustainable land restoration, land use and management |
Co Molenaar and Margot de Cleen | |
2 | Natural Capital Accounting of Soils for the U.N. System of Environmental Economic Accounts |
David A. Robinson, Bridget Emmett Panos Panagos Pasquale Borrelli Arwyn Jones Luca Montanarella Carl G. Obst | |
3 | Can a glass of wine transpose in practice SDGs ? |
Ettore CAPRI, Valentino Fiamma Lucrezia Lamastra | |
4 | Soil Information in the Indicator Framework for Sustainable Development Goal 15.3.1 |
Jan de Leeuw, Van den Bosch, Rik Batjes, Niels Kempen, Bas | |
Workshop | “Searching for the narrative!”
How to connect sustainable use and restoration of soil and land to SDGs? What building blocks do you take home to draw up your narrative. · What is your story? · Where and with whom do you start your quest? · Do you know who can act as your super charger or your hero? · What soil and land knowledge do you need for the “knock out” in discussions? We supply cases with some examples; you give your insights and idea’s. Together we make them work. · Case Green infrastructure; how to use the land around our infrastructure to contribute to the sustainable energy? Or do you choose other options to contribute to SDGs? · Case Farmers for water; how to sustainably manage your soil and contribute to good groundwater quality? · Case Unseal your court; how how to seduce citizens in “greening” their garden by taking out the tiles and thus contribute |
12.30-14.30: Lunch Break
14.30-15.45:
Plenary session: Science interface: with policy and public (SP), chair: Co Moolenaar (Sala Gran)
Keynotes:
- Simone Quatrini: UNCCD: Unlocking sustainable finance through public-private partnerships for nature based solutions and ecosystem services
- Lucrezia Caon: The Global Soil Partnership
15.45-16.15: Coffee Break
16.15-18.00 Parallel sessions connected to WR, SP and FIRE:
WR2: Data-mining and methods for modeling and assessing state and fate of soil water (Ioannis Daliakopoulos, Konstantinos Andreadis, Yannis Markonis, Aristeidis Koutroulis)
Oral presentations (room 205) | |
1 | Trees shifting from competition to facilitation due to apparent climatic change |
Aristides Moustakas, Tim G. Benton | |
2 | Soil Moisture Variability as a Driver of Vegetation Dynamics in the Mediterranean Rangelands |
Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos | |
3 | Discharge estimations of historical floods in the Almanzora basin, southeastern Iberian Peninsula |
Carlos Sánchez-García, Lothar Schulte | |
4 | Tall trees safeguard biodiversity under climatic changes: assessing the effect of tree size, soil moisture, and vegetation density on tree survival |
Aristides Moustakas, Tim G. Benton |
SP1: Policy actions to implement the Voluntary Guidelines for Sustainable Soil Management and prevent and minimize soil contamination (Lucrezia Caon, Luca Montanarella, Ronald Vargas)
Description SP1 (room 206) |
Panel discussion on the voluntary guidelines for sustainable soil management
panel: – Ing. N.J. Molenaar (Co), Ministry of Infrastructure and Water management, the Netherlands – dr. Astley Hastings, University of Aberdeen, UK – Anton Imeson, 3D Environmental Change |
SP3: Stakeholder demands and perspectives in sustainable development
(Sandra Boekhold, Linda Maring, Maaike Blauw)
ORAL PRESENTATIONS (room 207) | |
Welcome by Linda Maring | |
1 | The 4 per mille initiative is promoting the implementation of sustainable development goals through science-policy-practice interactions |
Pete Smith Rumpel, Cornelia, Farshad Amiraslani Claire Chenu Magali Garcia Cardenas Martin Kaonga Lydie-Stella Koutika Jagdish Ladha Beata Madari Yasuhito Shirato Brahim Soudi Jean-François Soussana David Whitehead Lini Wollenberg | |
2 | INSPIRATION European Strategic research agenda for soil and land management |
Sandra Boekhold, Linda Maring, Stephan Bartke, Detlef Grimski | |
3 | Knowledge Impulse for Dutch Delta Approach for Water Quality and Fresh Water |
Hilde F. Passier | |
4 | Informal urban agriculture as a permanent and transitory land use for a landscape planning strategy |
Maria Inês Adagói, Selma Beatriz Pena | |
5 | Regional planning strategies involving the soil water system |
Maaike Blauw, Linda Maring | |
Discussion (30 min)
stakeholder interaction / government arrangement. We use here some statements for discussion (provided by the speakers) |
FIRE 4: Workshop on Fire by Pau Costa (Sala Gran)
DESCRIPTION FIRE 4: Workshop on knowledge transfer from scientists and practitioners to children and youth. |
The current climate change context is forcing the co-existence of society with natural hazards. Scientists and practitioners have advocated this message for years, but is society ready for it? More effective communication between scientists, practitioners and society is needed to better understand values, climate change mitigation and protection of human lives and assets. Finding the right means and channels to transfer the scientific and technical knowledge to the population is currently an important challenge.
The workshop will focus on the current communication gaps and potential solutions to transfer knowledge on natural hazard risks to society and more specifically to children and youth. Participants of the workshop will share experiences and discuss on different case studies on wildfire-related topics: forest fire risk, safety and fire ecology. The workshop is addresses to a range of profiles: scientists, practitioners, educators, journalists, etc. |
18.00-19.30: Poster session with refreshments
POSTERS | |
NBS3_1 | Can drone footage be of help in hydrological analyses? A case from the Mara River Wetland in Tanzania. |
Paolo Paron, Francesco Bregoli | |
NBS3_2 | The UARSF of Wageningen UR: applications and projects |
Saskia Keesstra, Lammert Kooistra Sander Muecher Harm Bartholomeus Jappe Franke Henk Janssen | |
NBS3_3 | Influence of DEM source LiDAR and photogrammetry and resolution on computing topographic parameters in contrasted croplands |
Manuel López-Vicente, Sara Álvarez | |
NBS3_4 | A method for monitoring and measuring soil loss with a UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) |
Antonio Minervino Amodio, Pietro P. C. Aucelli, Carmen M. Rosskopf | |
WR1_1 | Laboratory study of the dissipation mechanism and kinetics of prosulfocarb in unamended and organically amended soils |
Victor Barba, Jesús M. Marín-Benito Carlos García-Delgado José M. Ordax María J. Sánchez-Martín M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz | |
WR1_2 | Emerging pollutants in sewage sludge |
Rodrigo Alvarez Ruiz, Alejandro Cuñat Yolanda Picó | |
SP3_1 | No till durum wheat yield success probability in Mediterranean climate: a methodological framework |
Luciano Gristina, Saskia Keesstra, Agata Novara | |
SP3_2 | Oat straw mulch to control soil erosion in agriculture Mediterranean rainfed agriculture land. An economic, perception and biophysical approach |
Giménez-Morera, A., Cerdà, A., Rodrigo-Comino, J., Novara, A., Pulido, M., Brevik, E., Keesstra, S.D. | |
SP2_1 | Land Degradation Neutrality and Restoration, how can we achieve that? |
Saskia Keesstra, Gerben Mol Joop Okx Co Molenaar Margot de Cleen Simon Moolenaar Saskia Visser | |
SP2_2 | The Soil; the engine behind the realisation of the SDGs |
Saskia Visser, Saskia Keesstra, Jan de Leeuw, Gerben Mol, en Erik van den Elsen | |
SP4_1 | Online Homework and Student Grades: Impact in an Introduction to Physical Geology Class |
Eric C. Brevik | |
SP4_2 | Degrees Received by Undergraduate Soil Science Students in the United States |
Eric C. Brevik | |
SP4_3 | Education in Environmental sciences |
Roel Dijksma, Bertrand Vandoorne | |
WR2_1 | Impacts of climate change on water and sediment production in a semi-arid microwatershed |
Helba Araújo de Queiroz Palácio, José Ribeiro de Araújo Neto Pedro Henrique Augusto Medeiros Maria João Simas Guerreiro Matheus Magalhães Silva Moura | |
WR2_2 | DRIP: Development of an Advanced Precision Drip Irrigation System for Tree Crops |
Ioanna Petousi, Ioanna Petousi Ioannis N. Daliakopoulos Theofilos Matsoukas Nikolaos Zotos Ioannis Mavrogiannis Thrassyvoulos Manios | |
WR2_3 | Unraveling the net effect of human induced climate change to the evolution of soil water resources. |
Aristeidis G. Koutroulis, Manolis G. Grillakis | |
WR2_4 | Estimating Soil Moisture Content with means of Earth Observation and Artificial Neural Networks |
Dimitrios Alexakis ; Ioannis Daliakopoulos |
2nd of February (morning)
9.30-12.00:
Closing keynote by Antoni Ginebreda: Chemical Pollution in Mediterranean Iberian River Basins: Ecotoxiological risk Assessment and effects on aquatic ecosystems.
After the keynote we will have a panel discussion on how to connect science to society on environmental risk with a debate on way ahead for 2018
Panel discussion
Panel consisting of experts on:
Water, Climate, Agriculture, Soils and Ecosystems
Questions will be posed to discuss under the guidance of a facilitator