SoWa Research Infrastructure was merged into the Institute of Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry of the Biological Centre of the CAS, v. v. i.. No further updates will be performed on this website.

Visit our new homepage

Soil Eco-Technology to Recover Water Storage in disturbed Forests

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.