Soil Eco-Technology to Recover Water Storage in disturbed Forests
Name of project: Soil Eco-Technology to Recover Water Storage in disturbed Forests
Project number: 8I20001
Provider: MEYS (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports)
Name and institution of project leader for Japan: Kazumichi Fujii, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Names and institutions of other project partners:
- Czech Partner 2 – Institute for hydrodynamics CAS
- Czech Partner 3 – Global change research Institute CAS
- Japan partner 2 – The University of Tokyo
- Japan partner 3 – Kyoto University
- Japan partner 4 – Utsunomiya University
- Japan partner 5 – Kyushu University
- German partner – Brandenburg University of Technology
- Slovak Partner – Institute of Hydrology SAS
Timetable: 2020 – 2023
Lead solver: Prof. Ing. Mgr. Jan Frouz CSc., Biology Centre CAS
Project annotation:
Main objective and scientific output of this project will be the formulation of indicators for the ability of soils to store water harmonized and shared between European and Japanese researchers; more thorough understanding of the relationship between basic tree properties (leaf traits) and soil water retention and how they are influenced by other soil properties (pH, clay contents); set up practical guidelines how to improve water storage in disturbed forest soils.
