In 2020, the Belmont Forum announced a collaborative research action (CRA) on the theme: Towards Sustainability of Soils and Groundwater for Society. The goal of this CRA is to produce the necessary knowledge and propose solutions to maintain well-functioning soils and groundwater systems in the Critical Zone, or rehabilitate them where degraded, through:
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Better understanding of the long- and shorter-time dynamics and functions of soils and groundwater, impacts from societal (including economics) decisions, integrative management practices, public policies, and how these systems have been transformed; and,
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Providing avenues, pathways, and narratives toward transformation of management practices of the whole soil and groundwater systems through a fundamental shift of socio-economic actors’ practices and related-decisions making processes.
Through this CRA, six projects were awarded:
| Acronym: | Title: |
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| ABRESO | Abandonment and rebound: Societal views on landscape- and land-use change and their impacts on water and soils |
| BLUEGEM | Biosphere and Land Use Exchanges with Groundwater and soils in Earth system Models |
| INCLUSIVE | Stakeholder-supported decision making for sustainable conjunctive management of soil and groundwater |
| INTERACTION | Integrated Assessment of Climate Impacts on Ecosystem Functions and Productivity of Critical-Zone Eco-Hydrology |
| PRISMARCTYC | Permafrost degradation impacts on soils, human societies, water resources and carbon cycle |
| VULCAR-FATE | Global change impact on vulnerable carbon reservoirs: carbon sequestration and emissions in soils and waters From the Arctic To the Equator |