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KULUNDA: How to prevent the next »Global Dust Bowl«? Ecological and economic strategies for sustainable land management in the Russian steppes: A potential solution to climate change. Subproject 1: Coordination, land degradation, soil water / field, vegetation, cropping systems / crop rotation and implementation
Project
Project code: 01LL0905A
Contract period: 01.10.2011
- 30.09.2016
Budget: 1,257,588 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
SP1 aims to characterize the cause-and-effect relationships between land use practices and soil degradation with regard to climate change and possible desertification of agriculturally used areas in the Kulunda steppe.
5 objectives are defined for this subproject:
Characterization of land use development, land cover change and land use intensity since the initial breaking-of-ground in the grassland steppes of the Kulunda steppe
Climate specification for the different ecological steppe regions.
Identification of soil degradation types and documentation of their spatial extent in three different ecological zones of the Kulunda steppe
Identification of desertification areas and their spatial and temporal development
Derivation of trends and scenarios of land use changes and the subsequent soil degradation impacts in different ecological and climatic zones with special focus on the impacts on the humus and hence carbon storage capabilities.
Section overview
Subjects
- Agroecology
- Soil science
- Agroeconomics
- Climate Change
