Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/N018974/1
Tropical Soils: Environmental Problems and Potential Solutions
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Professor J Quinton, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
- Grant held at:
- Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre
- Science Area:
- Earth
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Soil pollution
- Biogeochemical Cycles
- Soil science
- Soil conservation
- Soil science
- Soil science
- Assess/Remediate Contamination
- Pollution
- Abstract:
- Tropical soils support 3 billion people around the world, providing food, water and carbon sequestration. However, tropical soils have very different properties to those found in the UK and UK students are rarely exposed to these soil ecosystems and few will have any first-hand experience of tropical soil systems. Given the pressures on these environments it will be import that the next generation of soil scientists are equipped to address these challenges. This training course will address this common knowledge gap. This training course will be delivered in Brazil by Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) with support from the Department of Soil Science at Universidade Federal de Lavras (Lavras). The course will provide students with: An understanding of the variety, characteristics and functioning of tropical soils, An introduction to tropical agricultural systems and their relationship to tropical soils, An understanding of threats to tropical soils functioning and mitigation strategies to address them, Experience of international collaborative research. The multi-disciplinary course will include fieldwork, laboratory work, lectures and a collaborative research project. The UK students will be joined on the course by students from and receive tuition from both UK and Brazilian soil scientists. Over eight days the course will cover description, classification, and chemistry of tropical soils together with the major land-use challenges in tropical regions and how these impact upon soils. These will include agricultural, mining, deforestation and climate change concerns. The course is a unique opportunity for participants to gain a broad understanding of tropical soils, the challenges they face and the developing solutions to these challenges as well as gaining important soil science field skills.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/N018974/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Advanced Training
This training grant award has a total value of £42,185
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Other Costs |
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| £42,185 |
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