{"id":778,"date":"2021-03-12T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/?page_id=778"},"modified":"2023-10-02T16:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T16:01:44","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-soils\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tWorking in partnership with University of Colorado, Boulder, this cross-disciplinary project focuses on detecting soil degradation and restoration through development and deployment of novel multi-functional soil sensing, machine learning approaches and telemetry systems<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t SHui aims to deliver a suite of technologies and tools to empower individuals and stakeholder organizations to make informed decisions to manage water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Soil-Value focuses on developing our capacity to predict soil service delivery across UK landscapes, examining the resilience of these services in light of climate change, land use change and management, and working with partners in private and public sectors to explore how we invest in and enhance soil services.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t ReDEAL is an interdisciplinary research project involving universities in Kenya and the UK and global research organisations. It aims to help farming communities reverse the degradation of grasslands in the highlands of Kenya in order to improve livestock productivity, food security and ecosystem conservation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Our work will focus on the transport of plastics from soils to water and the analytical issues surrounding the detection of plastics in soil.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Our aim is to change the way soils are considered in planning and construction to prevent soil degradation and promote functioning soils in development.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tContact:\u00a0John Quinton<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Jess Davies<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
SHui: Managing water scarcity in European and Chinese cropping systems<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tContact:\u00a0Cristina McBride-Serrano<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0John Quinton<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>
Twitter: @Shui_eu<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Facebook: @SHui.H2020<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Soil-Value: Valuing and enhancing soil infrastructure to improve societal sustainability and resilience<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tContact:\u00a0Jess Davies<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>
Twitter:\u00a0@soilinf<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
ReDEAL: Plant biodiversity & governance to protect grazing lands & livelihoods<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContact:\u00a0<\/span>John Quinton<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Mariana Rufino<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre For Mineral-based Construction Materials (ICEC-MCM)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tContact:\u00a0<\/span>John Quinton<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
SOPLAS: Macro and microplastic (MiP) in agricultural soil systems<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tContact:\u00a0<\/span>JOHN QUINTON<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>CRIS HALSALL<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>BEN SURRIDGE<\/a><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Soils in Planning and Construction Task Force<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tContact:\u00a0<\/span>JOHN QUINTON<\/a>, or Jess Davies<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t