Session 4: Future collaborative opportunities for developing new data products
Overview of Opportunities
Andrew Tyler (Head of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling)
Creating virtual groundwater research laboratories through interoperable tech...Helen Thompson
eResearch
How do we provide access to big and complex data in a way that people can use easily… but without biasing the data?
How do we incorporate qualitative data and quantitative data into models and maintain accuracy?
How can we harness Citizen Science and include crowd-sourced data and maintain accuracy?
Can we use digital technologies to we ensure that we don’t keep repeating the same science?
RINPAS Data for Decisions - Big Data and Data CommunitiesHelen Thompson
The document discusses the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) at Federation University Australia. It summarizes CeRDI's capabilities in areas such as content management, data interoperability, visualization, and training. It provides examples of CeRDI projects including applications and portals for groundwater, soils, agriculture, climate change adaptation, and online farm trials. These projects integrate data from various domains and sources, and serve users such as researchers, industry, government and communities to support decision making.
The document discusses European Union actions to support research infrastructures like biobanks. It outlines the establishment of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) to develop a long-term vision and policy for research infrastructures. ESFRI's roadmap identified 44 potential projects, including BBMRI, a pan-European biobank infrastructure. The EU provided funding to develop BBMRI and established a legal framework to facilitate multi-country research infrastructures. Future EU funding calls aim to support the construction and operation of infrastructures like BBMRI to enable collaborative research across Europe.
This document discusses the role of mineral resources and geoscience in supporting a circular economy. It provides background on the British Geological Survey and its work in mineral research globally. Key points made include:
- A circular economy aims to move away from a linear take-make-waste model to keep resources in use for longer.
- Global metal production has increased dramatically but future demand is expected to rise further, requiring both primary and secondary supply.
- Recycling depends on adequate material stocks, understanding flows, technology and infrastructure to recover materials from end uses.
- Geoscience can contribute data, resource assessments, analysis methods and help apply circular principles to mining to support the transition.
CeRDI Research | EPA Victoria presentation Helen Thompson
Robert Milne and Helen Thompson from Federation University Australia's Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation provide this presentation to Environment Protection Authority Victoria on 22 September 2016.
The presentation introduced CeRDI's approach to eResearch and profiled applied research projects in areas including groundwater, estuaries and waterways; soil health and soil moisture probes; natural resource management planning and climate change.
Over the past ten years, Federation University Australia's Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) has established a programmatic research program in the area of agriculture.
This program is supported through partnerships with organisations including Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), grower groups nationally, the Victorian Government, Corangamite Catchment Management Authority and CSIRO.
This presentation profiles a number of research initiatives that are associated with that program.
CeRDI is able to bring both a production and catchment perspective to agriculture-related research. .
Federation University Australia is a member of the Regional Universities Network (RUN), together with the University of New England, Southern Cross University, Southern Queensland University, Central Queensland University and University of the Sunshine Coast.
In March 2015 the RUN Precision Agriculture Flagship was launched by the Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP.
CeRDI represents Federation University Australia in the RUN Precision Agriculture Flagship. As part of its participation, CeRDI was successful in receiving two PhD scholarships.
Chris Bahlo’s research is focused on advancing the management of livestock health using information systems and international standards for data exchange to be able to federate and exchange livestock health and management data from multiple organisations as well as disparate sensor technologies and proprietary systems using appropriate web-based technologies.
Thomas Hill’s research is focused on the role that legacy data plays in farm decision-making and the adoption of best practice, and seeks to build greater insight into the nature and availability of agricultural legacy data, as well as the barriers and enablers for the sharing of legacy data and information.
Flash presentation given by Xavier Dubuisson, XD Sustainable Energy Consulting Ltd, at the 2015 Horizon 2020 SC5 Information Day, 21/10/2015, Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin
Creating virtual groundwater research laboratories through interoperable tech...Helen Thompson
eResearch
How do we provide access to big and complex data in a way that people can use easily… but without biasing the data?
How do we incorporate qualitative data and quantitative data into models and maintain accuracy?
How can we harness Citizen Science and include crowd-sourced data and maintain accuracy?
Can we use digital technologies to we ensure that we don’t keep repeating the same science?
RINPAS Data for Decisions - Big Data and Data CommunitiesHelen Thompson
The document discusses the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) at Federation University Australia. It summarizes CeRDI's capabilities in areas such as content management, data interoperability, visualization, and training. It provides examples of CeRDI projects including applications and portals for groundwater, soils, agriculture, climate change adaptation, and online farm trials. These projects integrate data from various domains and sources, and serve users such as researchers, industry, government and communities to support decision making.
The document discusses European Union actions to support research infrastructures like biobanks. It outlines the establishment of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) to develop a long-term vision and policy for research infrastructures. ESFRI's roadmap identified 44 potential projects, including BBMRI, a pan-European biobank infrastructure. The EU provided funding to develop BBMRI and established a legal framework to facilitate multi-country research infrastructures. Future EU funding calls aim to support the construction and operation of infrastructures like BBMRI to enable collaborative research across Europe.
This document discusses the role of mineral resources and geoscience in supporting a circular economy. It provides background on the British Geological Survey and its work in mineral research globally. Key points made include:
- A circular economy aims to move away from a linear take-make-waste model to keep resources in use for longer.
- Global metal production has increased dramatically but future demand is expected to rise further, requiring both primary and secondary supply.
- Recycling depends on adequate material stocks, understanding flows, technology and infrastructure to recover materials from end uses.
- Geoscience can contribute data, resource assessments, analysis methods and help apply circular principles to mining to support the transition.
CeRDI Research | EPA Victoria presentation Helen Thompson
Robert Milne and Helen Thompson from Federation University Australia's Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation provide this presentation to Environment Protection Authority Victoria on 22 September 2016.
The presentation introduced CeRDI's approach to eResearch and profiled applied research projects in areas including groundwater, estuaries and waterways; soil health and soil moisture probes; natural resource management planning and climate change.
Over the past ten years, Federation University Australia's Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) has established a programmatic research program in the area of agriculture.
This program is supported through partnerships with organisations including Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), grower groups nationally, the Victorian Government, Corangamite Catchment Management Authority and CSIRO.
This presentation profiles a number of research initiatives that are associated with that program.
CeRDI is able to bring both a production and catchment perspective to agriculture-related research. .
Federation University Australia is a member of the Regional Universities Network (RUN), together with the University of New England, Southern Cross University, Southern Queensland University, Central Queensland University and University of the Sunshine Coast.
In March 2015 the RUN Precision Agriculture Flagship was launched by the Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP.
CeRDI represents Federation University Australia in the RUN Precision Agriculture Flagship. As part of its participation, CeRDI was successful in receiving two PhD scholarships.
Chris Bahlo’s research is focused on advancing the management of livestock health using information systems and international standards for data exchange to be able to federate and exchange livestock health and management data from multiple organisations as well as disparate sensor technologies and proprietary systems using appropriate web-based technologies.
Thomas Hill’s research is focused on the role that legacy data plays in farm decision-making and the adoption of best practice, and seeks to build greater insight into the nature and availability of agricultural legacy data, as well as the barriers and enablers for the sharing of legacy data and information.
Flash presentation given by Xavier Dubuisson, XD Sustainable Energy Consulting Ltd, at the 2015 Horizon 2020 SC5 Information Day, 21/10/2015, Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin
The document discusses the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) and its capabilities. CeRDI works to bridge the gap between academic research and needs of government, industry and community through applying eResearch and developing innovative digital solutions. It provides examples of several projects including an online portal for Victorian groundwater data, a soil health knowledge base, and an online farm trials website. These projects use technologies like web GIS, data visualization, and knowledge management to provide decision support tools and research-ready data to benefit various sectors. The economic futures stream of the conference will explore topics around regional prosperity, entrepreneurship and industry development.
BioDATA capacity enhancement curriculum at GBIF GB26 Global Nodes Meeting in ...Dag Endresen
BioDATA Biodiversity Data for Internationalization in Higher Education is funded by the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU) -- and is based on reusing training materials from the GBIF Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) program funded by the European Commission.
The document summarizes recommendations from the GBIF GSAP-NHC Task Group on improving the digitization and publication of natural history collection data. It recommends that GBIF facilitate discovery of non-digital collection resources, increase efficiency and quality of data capture, and improve global infrastructure for publishing digitized collection data. Specifically, it calls for GBIF to publicize non-digital metadata, assess the scale of undigitized specimens, support technological innovations for digitization, and strengthen hosting and identification of published data.
This document lists 16 tasks related to policy work and project support including:
1) Development of climate change response strategies and policies for counties in Kenya
2) End of project evaluations for resilience projects
3) Finalization of climate change policies for Somalia
4) Baseline surveys and stakeholder analyses for green economy and biodiversity monitoring projects
It also lists 8 events and rapporteur services such as workshops and conferences on topics like climate change, green growth, and water sector governance.
Finally, it outlines 4 report writing and rapporteur tasks such as a pan-African youth conference and baseline surveys for green economy projects in Kenyan counties.
Poster Warmer, Robert 16RS Knowledge Inventory for hydrogeology researchRobert Warmer
The KINDRA project aims to build a European Inventory of Groundwater Research (EIGR) to assess the current state of hydrogeology knowledge in Europe. Twenty-one European countries are participating by having national experts promote and populate the inventory with research resources classified by keywords and locations. The inventory will identify gaps in research, spread hydrogeology research, and increase political awareness of groundwater's importance. It is hoped the EIGR strengthens hydrogeology's position for new research funds distribution in 2020 by providing a public, searchable database of European groundwater research.
Soil Research Funding Platform - ISPIRATION ExternalEvents
A new Soil and Land Research Funding Platform is being proposed to coordinate and fund integrated, cross-border research on soil and land management in Europe. The Platform would be a self-financed, flexible network of European research funders seeking to implement parts of the INSPIRATION Strategic Research Agenda. It would have a steering committee and secretariat to determine research topics and budgets, issue joint calls for proposals, review projects, and disseminate results to stakeholders while respecting each funder's objectives and rules. An inception workshop in June 2018 will discuss the Platform's governance model with potential partners.
CeRDI Research | Agriculture, Climate Adaption and Citizen ScienceHelen Thompson
Over the past ten years, Federation University Australia's Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) has established a programmatic research programs in area including agriculture, climate adaption and citizen science.
These programs are supported through partnerships with organisations including Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), grower groups nationally, the Victorian Government, Water Authorities and Catchment Management Authority and CSIRO.
This presentation profiles a number of research initiatives that are associated with these programs.
CeRDI is able to bring both a production and catchment perspective to agriculture-related research through the development of innovative digital solutions which bridge the gap between academic research and government, industry and community needs.
The document discusses the Global Soil Partnership's activities and plans. It summarizes that over 110 countries and 10,000 people participated in the 2017 GSP capacity building program on soil topics. It outlines the creation of technical networks on soil information and black soils. It also discusses plans to improve the Global Soil Organic Carbon map with more data points and countries contributing. Other initiatives mentioned include guidelines for soil organic carbon management, a working group on fertilizer best practices, and bringing soil biodiversity to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Slides for presentation made at Aarhus Business Academy on March 18 2014. Hat tip to Mark Wainwright for allowing re-use and remixing of some of his slides.
This document discusses how universities can be transformed through co-production using living labs and shared territories. It proposes that campuses can act as living labs to strategically align co-production projects around sustainability. Living labs provide a framework to connect these projects temporally and thematically. Specific projects then act as shared territories that bring different actors together to collaborate and critically reflect. The document outlines several potential co-production projects at the University of Manchester campus relating to transportation, energy, and the local economy to demonstrate this approach.
Citclops is a project that aims to develop citizen observatory applications for monitoring seawater color, transparency and fluorescence using crowdsourced data. The project involves partners from several European countries and plans to make data openly available through GEOSS by following standards set by SeaDataNet and EMODnet. Citclops will develop applications for ocean color research, scuba diving, beach water quality, bio-chemical hazard early warning, and water transparency. The project architecture will allow crowdsourced raw and processed data to flow to policy makers and the public after quality assurance/control.
Business and Innovation Opportunities in Brazil Seminar, Tiina Vihma-PurovaaraBusiness Finland
This document summarizes opportunities for cooperation between Finland and Brazil in higher education and science. It outlines how the "knowledge triangle" of higher education institutions, research organizations, and government funding agencies in both countries can work together. It provides examples of existing collaborations and funding programs to promote partnerships. Specifically, it discusses the "Science without Borders" program, bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements, visits by Finnish delegations to Brazilian universities and organizations, and recommendations from the Strategic Forum for International STI Cooperation to strengthen European-Brazilian partnerships.
This presentation was presented during Day 1 of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly – 5th Session that took place at FAO Hq in Rome, Italy, from 20 to 22 June 2017. The presentation was made by Mr. Rik van den Bosch, Director of ISRIC
GBIF-Norway node story lightning talk at GB26 in Leiden, October 2019Dag Endresen
The Nodes training at the start of the Nodes meeting focussed on Nodes strategies, administration, and governance tools. Some of the nodes stories were presented at the Global Nodes Meeting. Norway has an operational GBIF Node providing nationally important data pathways that are very well integrated into national information systems. However, there is not yet any solution in place for funding after 2019. In less than 3 months the node might be left without any node budget. Unfortunately, this is a situation far too many of the GBIF Nodes recognize alarmingly well - if they even have any appropriate node budget at all.
Progresses on the Global Solar and Wind Atlas, Data Quality Information Frame...IRENA Global Atlas
Progresses on the Global Solar and Wind Atlas, Data Quality Information Framework and concept for the Global Renewable Energy Atlas.
A presentation by Nicolas Fichaux (IRENA) during the Global Atlas side event which held at the World Future Energy Summit in 2014
Presentation delivered during day 1 of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly – 5th Session that took place at FAO Hq in Rome, Italy, from 20 to 22 June 2017. The presentation was made by Mr. Yusuf Yigini, GSP Secretariat, FAO
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Bolivia – Wageningen (The Netherlands): https://youtu.be/pqAk8BjMFTk
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Kazakhstan – Wageningen (The Netherlands) https://youtu.be/QMfqjbWRJLk
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Mozambique – Wageningen (The Netherlands) https://youtu.be/ErVxM6bdmrE
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Tunisia – Wageningen (The Netherlands) https://youtu.be/ggJxbqjti9M
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Ukraine – Wageningen (The Netherlands) https://youtu.be/JXc8IWtUOW4
The document discusses the proposed European Joint Programme on agricultural soil management. It notes the importance of good soil management for food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and ecosystem services. However, knowledge gaps exist regarding soil characteristics and factors influencing fertility across Europe. The proposed programme would coordinate soil research efforts to address these gaps and maximize soils' contributions to climate goals while preserving agricultural functions. Key activities would include research on soil degradation, fertility, carbon sequestration, and inventories for reporting. The programme aims to strengthen cooperation, develop knowledge bases, and contribute to the European Soil Data Centre.
Item 5 - Case studies on the establishment of NASOLAN - Mozambique Soil Labor...Soils FAO-GSP
2nd AFRILAB meeting
30 September – 1 October - 8 October 2020
online: Zoom platform
Mr. Ricardo Marcus de Jesus Maria, Institute of Agricultural Research of Mozambique, Central Soil and Plant tissue testing Laboratory, Mozambique
6th European Soil Partnership (ESP) Plenary meeting
28-29 March 2019
FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy
'Promote targeted soil research for Europe and beyond' Suhad Saleh, Violette Geissen, Coen Ritsema, Gergely Toth
The document discusses water scarcity issues and potential solutions in the Banas catchment in Rajasthan, India. Mechanized groundwater extraction has led to declining aquifers and water quality issues. Urban water appropriation from the Bisalpur Dam has reduced downstream flows, creating vulnerabilities. However, community-based groundwater recharge programs demonstrate that restoring natural recharge could rebuild resources and benefit multiple groups. Integrating engineered and ecosystem-based approaches may create a more sustainable water management system in the catchment.
This document proposes a case study to monitor water quality in Vembanad Lake using remote sensing, modeling, and field observations. Vembanad Lake is an ecologically important water body in Kerala, India that has experienced increased pollution and disease outbreaks from development. The study aims to identify reservoirs of pathogenic vibrios like V. cholerae in the lake, understand their seasonal and spatial variation, and develop models to forecast disease outbreaks. Researchers will use remote sensing, field measurements, laboratory experiments, statistical modeling, and citizen science with local volunteers. The goals are to generate risk maps of outbreak areas, make recommendations to reduce pathogens and prevent disease, and engage communities through education programs.
The document discusses the Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) and its capabilities. CeRDI works to bridge the gap between academic research and needs of government, industry and community through applying eResearch and developing innovative digital solutions. It provides examples of several projects including an online portal for Victorian groundwater data, a soil health knowledge base, and an online farm trials website. These projects use technologies like web GIS, data visualization, and knowledge management to provide decision support tools and research-ready data to benefit various sectors. The economic futures stream of the conference will explore topics around regional prosperity, entrepreneurship and industry development.
BioDATA capacity enhancement curriculum at GBIF GB26 Global Nodes Meeting in ...Dag Endresen
BioDATA Biodiversity Data for Internationalization in Higher Education is funded by the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU) -- and is based on reusing training materials from the GBIF Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) program funded by the European Commission.
The document summarizes recommendations from the GBIF GSAP-NHC Task Group on improving the digitization and publication of natural history collection data. It recommends that GBIF facilitate discovery of non-digital collection resources, increase efficiency and quality of data capture, and improve global infrastructure for publishing digitized collection data. Specifically, it calls for GBIF to publicize non-digital metadata, assess the scale of undigitized specimens, support technological innovations for digitization, and strengthen hosting and identification of published data.
This document lists 16 tasks related to policy work and project support including:
1) Development of climate change response strategies and policies for counties in Kenya
2) End of project evaluations for resilience projects
3) Finalization of climate change policies for Somalia
4) Baseline surveys and stakeholder analyses for green economy and biodiversity monitoring projects
It also lists 8 events and rapporteur services such as workshops and conferences on topics like climate change, green growth, and water sector governance.
Finally, it outlines 4 report writing and rapporteur tasks such as a pan-African youth conference and baseline surveys for green economy projects in Kenyan counties.
Poster Warmer, Robert 16RS Knowledge Inventory for hydrogeology researchRobert Warmer
The KINDRA project aims to build a European Inventory of Groundwater Research (EIGR) to assess the current state of hydrogeology knowledge in Europe. Twenty-one European countries are participating by having national experts promote and populate the inventory with research resources classified by keywords and locations. The inventory will identify gaps in research, spread hydrogeology research, and increase political awareness of groundwater's importance. It is hoped the EIGR strengthens hydrogeology's position for new research funds distribution in 2020 by providing a public, searchable database of European groundwater research.
Soil Research Funding Platform - ISPIRATION ExternalEvents
A new Soil and Land Research Funding Platform is being proposed to coordinate and fund integrated, cross-border research on soil and land management in Europe. The Platform would be a self-financed, flexible network of European research funders seeking to implement parts of the INSPIRATION Strategic Research Agenda. It would have a steering committee and secretariat to determine research topics and budgets, issue joint calls for proposals, review projects, and disseminate results to stakeholders while respecting each funder's objectives and rules. An inception workshop in June 2018 will discuss the Platform's governance model with potential partners.
CeRDI Research | Agriculture, Climate Adaption and Citizen ScienceHelen Thompson
Over the past ten years, Federation University Australia's Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation (CeRDI) has established a programmatic research programs in area including agriculture, climate adaption and citizen science.
These programs are supported through partnerships with organisations including Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), grower groups nationally, the Victorian Government, Water Authorities and Catchment Management Authority and CSIRO.
This presentation profiles a number of research initiatives that are associated with these programs.
CeRDI is able to bring both a production and catchment perspective to agriculture-related research through the development of innovative digital solutions which bridge the gap between academic research and government, industry and community needs.
The document discusses the Global Soil Partnership's activities and plans. It summarizes that over 110 countries and 10,000 people participated in the 2017 GSP capacity building program on soil topics. It outlines the creation of technical networks on soil information and black soils. It also discusses plans to improve the Global Soil Organic Carbon map with more data points and countries contributing. Other initiatives mentioned include guidelines for soil organic carbon management, a working group on fertilizer best practices, and bringing soil biodiversity to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Slides for presentation made at Aarhus Business Academy on March 18 2014. Hat tip to Mark Wainwright for allowing re-use and remixing of some of his slides.
This document discusses how universities can be transformed through co-production using living labs and shared territories. It proposes that campuses can act as living labs to strategically align co-production projects around sustainability. Living labs provide a framework to connect these projects temporally and thematically. Specific projects then act as shared territories that bring different actors together to collaborate and critically reflect. The document outlines several potential co-production projects at the University of Manchester campus relating to transportation, energy, and the local economy to demonstrate this approach.
Citclops is a project that aims to develop citizen observatory applications for monitoring seawater color, transparency and fluorescence using crowdsourced data. The project involves partners from several European countries and plans to make data openly available through GEOSS by following standards set by SeaDataNet and EMODnet. Citclops will develop applications for ocean color research, scuba diving, beach water quality, bio-chemical hazard early warning, and water transparency. The project architecture will allow crowdsourced raw and processed data to flow to policy makers and the public after quality assurance/control.
Business and Innovation Opportunities in Brazil Seminar, Tiina Vihma-PurovaaraBusiness Finland
This document summarizes opportunities for cooperation between Finland and Brazil in higher education and science. It outlines how the "knowledge triangle" of higher education institutions, research organizations, and government funding agencies in both countries can work together. It provides examples of existing collaborations and funding programs to promote partnerships. Specifically, it discusses the "Science without Borders" program, bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements, visits by Finnish delegations to Brazilian universities and organizations, and recommendations from the Strategic Forum for International STI Cooperation to strengthen European-Brazilian partnerships.
This presentation was presented during Day 1 of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly – 5th Session that took place at FAO Hq in Rome, Italy, from 20 to 22 June 2017. The presentation was made by Mr. Rik van den Bosch, Director of ISRIC
GBIF-Norway node story lightning talk at GB26 in Leiden, October 2019Dag Endresen
The Nodes training at the start of the Nodes meeting focussed on Nodes strategies, administration, and governance tools. Some of the nodes stories were presented at the Global Nodes Meeting. Norway has an operational GBIF Node providing nationally important data pathways that are very well integrated into national information systems. However, there is not yet any solution in place for funding after 2019. In less than 3 months the node might be left without any node budget. Unfortunately, this is a situation far too many of the GBIF Nodes recognize alarmingly well - if they even have any appropriate node budget at all.
Progresses on the Global Solar and Wind Atlas, Data Quality Information Frame...IRENA Global Atlas
Progresses on the Global Solar and Wind Atlas, Data Quality Information Framework and concept for the Global Renewable Energy Atlas.
A presentation by Nicolas Fichaux (IRENA) during the Global Atlas side event which held at the World Future Energy Summit in 2014
Presentation delivered during day 1 of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly – 5th Session that took place at FAO Hq in Rome, Italy, from 20 to 22 June 2017. The presentation was made by Mr. Yusuf Yigini, GSP Secretariat, FAO
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Bolivia – Wageningen (The Netherlands): https://youtu.be/pqAk8BjMFTk
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Kazakhstan – Wageningen (The Netherlands) https://youtu.be/QMfqjbWRJLk
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Mozambique – Wageningen (The Netherlands) https://youtu.be/ErVxM6bdmrE
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Tunisia – Wageningen (The Netherlands) https://youtu.be/ggJxbqjti9M
Global Soil Organic Carbon Map Training Preparation, Ukraine – Wageningen (The Netherlands) https://youtu.be/JXc8IWtUOW4
The document discusses the proposed European Joint Programme on agricultural soil management. It notes the importance of good soil management for food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and ecosystem services. However, knowledge gaps exist regarding soil characteristics and factors influencing fertility across Europe. The proposed programme would coordinate soil research efforts to address these gaps and maximize soils' contributions to climate goals while preserving agricultural functions. Key activities would include research on soil degradation, fertility, carbon sequestration, and inventories for reporting. The programme aims to strengthen cooperation, develop knowledge bases, and contribute to the European Soil Data Centre.
Item 5 - Case studies on the establishment of NASOLAN - Mozambique Soil Labor...Soils FAO-GSP
2nd AFRILAB meeting
30 September – 1 October - 8 October 2020
online: Zoom platform
Mr. Ricardo Marcus de Jesus Maria, Institute of Agricultural Research of Mozambique, Central Soil and Plant tissue testing Laboratory, Mozambique
6th European Soil Partnership (ESP) Plenary meeting
28-29 March 2019
FAO headquarters, Rome, Italy
'Promote targeted soil research for Europe and beyond' Suhad Saleh, Violette Geissen, Coen Ritsema, Gergely Toth
The document discusses water scarcity issues and potential solutions in the Banas catchment in Rajasthan, India. Mechanized groundwater extraction has led to declining aquifers and water quality issues. Urban water appropriation from the Bisalpur Dam has reduced downstream flows, creating vulnerabilities. However, community-based groundwater recharge programs demonstrate that restoring natural recharge could rebuild resources and benefit multiple groups. Integrating engineered and ecosystem-based approaches may create a more sustainable water management system in the catchment.
This document proposes a case study to monitor water quality in Vembanad Lake using remote sensing, modeling, and field observations. Vembanad Lake is an ecologically important water body in Kerala, India that has experienced increased pollution and disease outbreaks from development. The study aims to identify reservoirs of pathogenic vibrios like V. cholerae in the lake, understand their seasonal and spatial variation, and develop models to forecast disease outbreaks. Researchers will use remote sensing, field measurements, laboratory experiments, statistical modeling, and citizen science with local volunteers. The goals are to generate risk maps of outbreak areas, make recommendations to reduce pathogens and prevent disease, and engage communities through education programs.
The document discusses ecosystems and biodiversity in freshwater systems like lakes and rivers. It provides background on freshwater ecosystems, defining and measuring biodiversity at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. It also discusses threats to freshwater biodiversity, with one in three freshwater species threatened. The document then focuses on the Vembanad wetland system, the largest backwater in Kerala, India. It provides details on its geography and construction of a barrage that altered the ecosystem. It discusses monitoring the critical water and sediment quality of the wetland to understand impacts on its biodiversity and production dynamics.
The document discusses a study on deep percolation from surface irrigated water intensive crop fields like paddy and berseem crops. It outlines the objectives, which are to estimate deep percolation using water balance and physically based models employing drainage lysimeters. It describes the experimental methods including soil property tests, field instrumentation, crop growth monitoring, soil moisture and percolation measurement. Preliminary results comparing measured and computed deep percolation using a modified water balance model are also presented.
The document summarizes several UK-India collaborative projects between British Geological Survey and Indian partners on water resources and groundwater under the Newton Bhabha initiative. It describes the Hydroflux project which integrated climate, land use, surface water and groundwater models in northern India's Ganga river basin and the UPSCAPE project which is modeling interventions and their impacts across scales in the Cauvery river basin in peninsular India. It emphasizes the importance of stakeholder engagement and collaboration between researchers, government, and other groups to ensure research outputs and impacts.
The document provides an overview of the Vembanad Lake located along the southwest coast of India. It discusses the following key points in 3 sentences:
The Vembanad Lake is a 100 km long brackish water body located between Munambam and Alappuzha. It supports a high level of biodiversity and provides livelihoods from fishing, agriculture and tourism. However, increasing pollution, land reclamation, and construction of barriers like the Thanneermukkom bund have degraded the ecosystem and impacted livelihoods dependent on the lake.
This document discusses a proposed water supply grid along the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) in Tamil Nadu. It provides background on the project, details from the preliminary feasibility report prepared by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, and recommendations from the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Board. Key points include:
- The project would supply treated sewage water from the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to over 10,000 existing and future industries along a 75km stretch on either side of the CBIC.
- The preliminary feasibility report estimated a total cost of Rs. 13,625 crore to develop the grid in four phases to meet a projected water
The SALTMED model is a tool for efficiently managing water, crops, and fertilizers in agriculture. It can be used to:
1. Predict the impacts of climate change and water quality on soils, vegetation, and food security.
2. Improve water use efficiency and increase crop yields with less water.
3. Guide users on suitable crop selection, irrigation systems, and strategies when using poor quality water.
The model simulates processes like evapotranspiration, plant water uptake, soil nitrogen dynamics, drainage, and crop yields. It has been applied and tested in multiple countries to optimize irrigation practices and minimize environmental impacts.
This document discusses new technologies for improving irrigation water productivity and use efficiency. It describes several technologies being tested and implemented in EU and India projects, including:
- Partial root drying (PRD) irrigation, which saves water by only irrigating half the root zone. Tests found PRD used 15-28% less water than regular irrigation while maintaining equal or similar yields.
- Scintillometers and eddy covariance systems, which directly measure actual evapotranspiration as an alternative to estimating crop water requirements using reference evapotranspiration and crop coefficients. Tests found actual evapotranspiration was 45-35% of estimated values.
- Cosmic-ray soil moisture sensors, which non-inv
The document discusses integrated urban water management and issues related to water supply from source to waste disposal in cities. It notes that the world's population is rapidly urbanizing, placing increasing demands on water resources. Current water infrastructure is struggling to keep up and is inefficient. Issues discussed include declining source water quality, groundwater overextraction, water losses from leaky systems, limited wastewater treatment, and growing gaps between water demand and supply. Comprehensive solutions are needed that address the entire urban water cycle through integrated planning, monitoring, recycling, demand management and efficiency improvements.
The document discusses challenges facing India's rivers, including hydrologic and ecological transformations from human activities and climate change. It summarizes a study on estimating ecological flows in the Son River to protect endangered species like gharials and turtles. The study involved field measurements of river flows and habitat to develop a framework for adaptively managing dam releases. Updates are provided on a project studying the Gandak River basin, including mapping of gharial and dolphin distributions and examining irrigation efficiency to restore river flows and biodiversity. Solutions discussed include linking water use to ecological flows and using treated wastewater.
The document discusses using earth observation (EO) data to monitor freshwater quality and quantity. It provides an overview of current capabilities to derive water quality parameters like chlorophyll-a and suspended sediments from satellites. Methods are described to classify different optical water types and select the best algorithm for each type. Ongoing work includes developing a global lakes observatory to monitor 1,000 lakes using EO and integrating data from multiple platforms and sources. EO shows potential to improve freshwater monitoring for research and management.
This document summarizes a workshop on improving freshwater monitoring frameworks in northwest India. It discusses current groundwater quality monitoring efforts and gaps. Key issues include increased pollution levels, falling water levels, and a lack of comprehensive and high-resolution spatial monitoring of parameters like heavy metals. The document outlines the need to better understand recharge processes, water quality impacts, and the properties of groundwater systems through improved monitoring protocols. Case studies from the region are proposed to help address questions around these issues and make recommendations to improve water resource management.
This document discusses emerging concepts in irrigation water management in India. It provides statistics showing that while India has high irrigation potential, only a fraction of that potential has been realized due to issues like incomplete construction of irrigation infrastructure and diversion of agricultural land. It then outlines several innovative practices for improving irrigation water management, including wastewater reuse, water pricing, water markets, water footprint analysis, and public-private partnerships. Each concept is explained briefly, outlining its advantages and disadvantages. The document concludes by thanking participants for their time.
The document discusses the use of passive sampling devices, specifically the Chemcatcher®, to monitor pollutants in water systems. It notes that passive samplers can provide time-weighted average concentrations over time rather than just snapshots. The Chemcatcher® is introduced as a three-part passive sampler that uses receiving phases like disks to sequester pollutants. Examples of using the Chemcatcher® to detect spikes in pollutants are provided from the UK and India. Future work is proposed to further evaluate the Chemcatcher®'s potential for monitoring and identifying pollution sources in India.
The document discusses the India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC), a virtual joint centre funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and Ministry of Earth Sciences. The IUKWC aims to support interdisciplinary UK-India partnerships on water resources research. It was established in 2016 for one year and received additional funding for two more years. The IUKWC focuses on five cross-sectoral themes and functions to engage communities, facilitate partnerships through workshops and exchanges, enhance knowledge exchange, and support future collaboration through small funding.
This document provides an agenda for a 3-day workshop aimed at improving freshwater monitoring frameworks and data for research and management for regional water policy and management bodies in southern India. Day 1 will involve presentations from scientists on joint India-UK water security research covering topics like water quality monitoring, irrigation monitoring, aquatic ecosystem monitoring, and water supply monitoring. Day 2 will involve discussions with stakeholders on current freshwater monitoring methods and gaps. Day 3 will include participatory group discussions on how to apply the research outputs and enable further collaboration between researchers and stakeholders. The overall aim is to help improve various aspects of state-level freshwater monitoring in southern India.
Loch Leven in Scotland has experienced eutrophication from phosphorus pollution over many decades but water quality is now recovering due to reductions in phosphorus loading. The long-term water quality and ecosystem monitoring data from Loch Leven, spanning over 50 years, has helped identify the causes and track the recovery. Water quality targets have been met with reductions in algal blooms, expansion of aquatic plants, and improvements in bird and fish populations that have boosted tourism. However, climate change poses a risk and further reductions in nutrients may be needed to ensure resilience of the ecosystem.
This document discusses using remote sensing to estimate water discharge in Himalayan rivers. It begins by explaining the importance of measuring water discharge but limitations of conventional gauge-based methods. It then outlines how remote sensing approaches can establish width-discharge relationships based on a threshold theory of channel formation. Applying this to Landsat images of several Himalayan rivers allows estimating total discharge across multiple channels as well as generating hydrographs without in-situ gauges. In conclusions, the study finds its width-discharge method is valid for both single-thread and multiple-thread rivers and could be applied to estimate average annual discharge in other alluvial rivers globally.
Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as t...vijaykumar292010
RoHS stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances, which is also known as the Directive 2002/95/EC. It includes the restrictions for the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. RoHS is a WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment).
Evolving Lifecycles with High Resolution Site Characterization (HRSC) and 3-D...Joshua Orris
The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
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Epcon is One of the World's leading Manufacturing Companies. With over 4000 installations worldwide, EPCON has been pioneering new techniques since 1977 that have become industry standards now. Founded in 1977, Epcon has grown from a one-man operation to a global leader in developing and manufacturing innovative air pollution control technology and industrial heating equipment.
Kinetic studies on malachite green dye adsorption from aqueous solutions by A...Open Access Research Paper
Water polluted by dyestuffs compounds is a global threat to health and the environment; accordingly, we prepared a green novel sorbent chemical and Physical system from an algae, chitosan and chitosan nanoparticle and impregnated with algae with chitosan nanocomposite for the sorption of Malachite green dye from water. The algae with chitosan nanocomposite by a simple method and used as a recyclable and effective adsorbent for the removal of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions. Algae, chitosan, chitosan nanoparticle and algae with chitosan nanocomposite were characterized using different physicochemical methods. The functional groups and chemical compounds found in algae, chitosan, chitosan algae, chitosan nanoparticle, and chitosan nanoparticle with algae were identified using FTIR, SEM, and TGADTA/DTG techniques. The optimal adsorption conditions, different dosages, pH and Temperature the amount of algae with chitosan nanocomposite were determined. At optimized conditions and the batch equilibrium studies more than 99% of the dye was removed. The adsorption process data matched well kinetics showed that the reaction order for dye varied with pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order. Furthermore, the maximum adsorption capacity of the algae with chitosan nanocomposite toward malachite green dye reached as high as 15.5mg/g, respectively. Finally, multiple times reusing of algae with chitosan nanocomposite and removing dye from a real wastewater has made it a promising and attractive option for further practical applications.
Microbial characterisation and identification, and potability of River Kuywa ...Open Access Research Paper
Water contamination is one of the major causes of water borne diseases worldwide. In Kenya, approximately 43% of people lack access to potable water due to human contamination. River Kuywa water is currently experiencing contamination due to human activities. Its water is widely used for domestic, agricultural, industrial and recreational purposes. This study aimed at characterizing bacteria and fungi in river Kuywa water. Water samples were randomly collected from four sites of the river: site A (Matisi), site B (Ngwelo), site C (Nzoia water pump) and site D (Chalicha), during the dry season (January-March 2018) and wet season (April-July 2018) and were transported to Maseno University Microbiology and plant pathology laboratory for analysis. The characterization and identification of bacteria and fungi were carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Nine bacterial genera and three fungi were identified from Kuywa river water. Clostridium spp., Staphylococcus spp., Enterobacter spp., Streptococcus spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp., Shigella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. Fungi were Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus flavus complex and Penicillium species. Wet season recorded highest bacterial and fungal counts (6.61-7.66 and 3.83-6.75cfu/ml) respectively. The results indicated that the river Kuywa water is polluted and therefore unsafe for human consumption before treatment. It is therefore recommended that the communities to ensure that they boil water especially for drinking.
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Improving the viability of probiotics by encapsulation methods for developmen...Open Access Research Paper
The popularity of functional foods among scientists and common people has been increasing day by day. Awareness and modernization make the consumer think better regarding food and nutrition. Now a day’s individual knows very well about the relation between food consumption and disease prevalence. Humans have a diversity of microbes in the gut that together form the gut microflora. Probiotics are the health-promoting live microbial cells improve host health through gut and brain connection and fighting against harmful bacteria. Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus are the two bacterial genera which are considered to be probiotic. These good bacteria are facing challenges of viability. There are so many factors such as sensitivity to heat, pH, acidity, osmotic effect, mechanical shear, chemical components, freezing and storage time as well which affects the viability of probiotics in the dairy food matrix as well as in the gut. Multiple efforts have been done in the past and ongoing in present for these beneficial microbial population stability until their destination in the gut. One of a useful technique known as microencapsulation makes the probiotic effective in the diversified conditions and maintain these microbe’s community to the optimum level for achieving targeted benefits. Dairy products are found to be an ideal vehicle for probiotic incorporation. It has been seen that the encapsulated microbial cells show higher viability than the free cells in different processing and storage conditions as well as against bile salts in the gut. They make the food functional when incorporated, without affecting the product sensory characteristics.
10. An additional £4.7 billion in R&D funding by
2020-21
Current consultation on technologies includes: robotics and
artificial intelligence (including connected and autonomous
vehicles and drones) and satellites and space technologies;
11. The GEO Water Quality Community of Practice
Steven Greb, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
IOCS meeting
May 16th, 2017