Abstract
This paper summarizes key findings and identifies the main lessons learnt from a 5-year (2002-2008) coordinated research project (CRP) on 'Assessing the effectiveness of soil conservation measures for sustainable watershed management and crop production using fallout radionuclides' (D1.50.08), organized and funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency through the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. The project brought together nineteen participants, from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America and Vietnam, involved in the use of nuclear techniques and, more particularly, fallout radionuclides (FRN) to assess the relative impacts of different soil conservation measures on soil erosion and land productivity. The overall objective of the CRP was to develop improved land use and management strategies for sustainable watershed management through effective soil erosion control practices, by the use of {sup 137}Cs (half-life of 30.2 years), {sup 210}Pb{sub ex} (half-life of 22.3 years) and {sup 7}Be (half-life of 53.4 days) for measuring soil erosion over several spatial and temporal scales. The environmental conditions under which the different research teams applied the tools based on the use of fallout radionuclides varied considerably - a variety
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Dercon, G., E-mail: g.dercon@iaea.org;
[1]
Mabit, L.;
[1]
Hancock, G.;
[2]
Nguyen, M. L.;
Dornhofer, P.;
[1]
Bacchi, O. O.S.;
[3]
Benmansour, M.;
[4]
Bernard, C.;
[1]
Froehlich, W.;
[5]
Golosov, V. N.;
[6]
Haciyakupoglu, S.;
[7]
Hai, P. S.;
[8]
Klik, A.;
[9]
others, and
- Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Wagramerstrasse 5, A-1400 Vienna (Austria)
- Division of Land and Water, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra (Australia)
- Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba (Brazil)
- Centre National de l'Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucleaires, Rabat (Morocco)
- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Homerka Laboratory of Fluvial Processes, Nawojowa, Malopolska (Poland)
- Laboratory for Soil Erosion and Fluvial Processes, Faculty of Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow, and Kazan Federal University, Kazan (Russian Federation)
- Istanbul Technical University, Energy Institute, Istanbul (Turkey)
- Center for Environment Research and Monitoring, Dalat Nuclear Research Institute, Dalat (Viet Nam)
- Institute of Hydraulics and Rural Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria)
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Dercon, G., E-mail: g.dercon@iaea.org, Mabit, L., Hancock, G., Nguyen, M. L., Dornhofer, P., Bacchi, O. O.S., Benmansour, M., Bernard, C., Froehlich, W., Golosov, V. N., Haciyakupoglu, S., Hai, P. S., Klik, A., and others, and.
Fallout radionuclide-based techniques for assessing the impact of soil conservation measures on erosion control and soil quality: an overview of the main lessons learnt under an FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
2012.
Web.
doi:10.1016/J.JENVRAD.2012.01.008.
Dercon, G., E-mail: g.dercon@iaea.org, Mabit, L., Hancock, G., Nguyen, M. L., Dornhofer, P., Bacchi, O. O.S., Benmansour, M., Bernard, C., Froehlich, W., Golosov, V. N., Haciyakupoglu, S., Hai, P. S., Klik, A., & others, and.
Fallout radionuclide-based techniques for assessing the impact of soil conservation measures on erosion control and soil quality: an overview of the main lessons learnt under an FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project.
United Kingdom.
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JENVRAD.2012.01.008
Dercon, G., E-mail: g.dercon@iaea.org, Mabit, L., Hancock, G., Nguyen, M. L., Dornhofer, P., Bacchi, O. O.S., Benmansour, M., Bernard, C., Froehlich, W., Golosov, V. N., Haciyakupoglu, S., Hai, P. S., Klik, A., and others, and.
2012.
"Fallout radionuclide-based techniques for assessing the impact of soil conservation measures on erosion control and soil quality: an overview of the main lessons learnt under an FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project."
United Kingdom.
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JENVRAD.2012.01.008.
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title = {Fallout radionuclide-based techniques for assessing the impact of soil conservation measures on erosion control and soil quality: an overview of the main lessons learnt under an FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project}
author = {Dercon, G., E-mail: g.dercon@iaea.org, Mabit, L., Hancock, G., Nguyen, M. L., Dornhofer, P., Bacchi, O. O.S., Benmansour, M., Bernard, C., Froehlich, W., Golosov, V. N., Haciyakupoglu, S., Hai, P. S., Klik, A., and others, and}
abstractNote = {This paper summarizes key findings and identifies the main lessons learnt from a 5-year (2002-2008) coordinated research project (CRP) on 'Assessing the effectiveness of soil conservation measures for sustainable watershed management and crop production using fallout radionuclides' (D1.50.08), organized and funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency through the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. The project brought together nineteen participants, from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America and Vietnam, involved in the use of nuclear techniques and, more particularly, fallout radionuclides (FRN) to assess the relative impacts of different soil conservation measures on soil erosion and land productivity. The overall objective of the CRP was to develop improved land use and management strategies for sustainable watershed management through effective soil erosion control practices, by the use of {sup 137}Cs (half-life of 30.2 years), {sup 210}Pb{sub ex} (half-life of 22.3 years) and {sup 7}Be (half-life of 53.4 days) for measuring soil erosion over several spatial and temporal scales. The environmental conditions under which the different research teams applied the tools based on the use of fallout radionuclides varied considerably - a variety of climates, soils, topographies and land uses. Nevertheless, the achievements of the CRP, as reflected in this overview paper, demonstrate that fallout radionuclide-based techniques are powerful tools to assess soil erosion/deposition at several spatial and temporal scales in a wide range of environments, and offer potential to monitor soil quality. The success of the CRP has stimulated an interest in many IAEA Member States in the use of these methodologies to identify factors and practices that can enhance sustainable agriculture and minimize land degradation. - Highlights: Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Fallout radionuclides, a powerful tool to assess landscape-wide soil redistribution. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer This paper summarizes lessons learnt from an IAEA research project on the use of FRN. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer The project brought together 19 participants from 16 countries across the world. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Comprehensive reference list of papers on the use of FRN.}
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title = {Fallout radionuclide-based techniques for assessing the impact of soil conservation measures on erosion control and soil quality: an overview of the main lessons learnt under an FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project}
author = {Dercon, G., E-mail: g.dercon@iaea.org, Mabit, L., Hancock, G., Nguyen, M. L., Dornhofer, P., Bacchi, O. O.S., Benmansour, M., Bernard, C., Froehlich, W., Golosov, V. N., Haciyakupoglu, S., Hai, P. S., Klik, A., and others, and}
abstractNote = {This paper summarizes key findings and identifies the main lessons learnt from a 5-year (2002-2008) coordinated research project (CRP) on 'Assessing the effectiveness of soil conservation measures for sustainable watershed management and crop production using fallout radionuclides' (D1.50.08), organized and funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency through the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. The project brought together nineteen participants, from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America and Vietnam, involved in the use of nuclear techniques and, more particularly, fallout radionuclides (FRN) to assess the relative impacts of different soil conservation measures on soil erosion and land productivity. The overall objective of the CRP was to develop improved land use and management strategies for sustainable watershed management through effective soil erosion control practices, by the use of {sup 137}Cs (half-life of 30.2 years), {sup 210}Pb{sub ex} (half-life of 22.3 years) and {sup 7}Be (half-life of 53.4 days) for measuring soil erosion over several spatial and temporal scales. The environmental conditions under which the different research teams applied the tools based on the use of fallout radionuclides varied considerably - a variety of climates, soils, topographies and land uses. Nevertheless, the achievements of the CRP, as reflected in this overview paper, demonstrate that fallout radionuclide-based techniques are powerful tools to assess soil erosion/deposition at several spatial and temporal scales in a wide range of environments, and offer potential to monitor soil quality. The success of the CRP has stimulated an interest in many IAEA Member States in the use of these methodologies to identify factors and practices that can enhance sustainable agriculture and minimize land degradation. - Highlights: Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Fallout radionuclides, a powerful tool to assess landscape-wide soil redistribution. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer This paper summarizes lessons learnt from an IAEA research project on the use of FRN. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer The project brought together 19 participants from 16 countries across the world. Black-Right-Pointing-Pointer Comprehensive reference list of papers on the use of FRN.}
doi = {10.1016/J.JENVRAD.2012.01.008}
journal = []
volume = {107}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {2012}
month = {May}
}