On THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, from 09:15 – 13:15 CEST (Air Room Hall 6), PHISHES is organising a session at the REMTECH CONFERENCE to explore how integrated modelling approaches can help bridge the gap between soil health data and informed soil management.
Soils provide essential functions and ecosystem services, yet their capacity to deliver them is increasingly affected by multiple pressures, including contamination, land and water management, and climate change. A key challenge is to move beyond the collection and monitoring of soil health data towards quantitative and predictive approaches. Contributions will address processes and modelling approaches at different spatial scales and across diverse environmental contexts, including agricultural catchments, urban areas and contaminated sites.
The session will present applications from PHISHES real-life case studies in the Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherlands and Sweden, addressing challenges ranging from climate change and water quality to agricultural management, Nature-based Solutions and PFAS contamination and remediation. Specific contributions will also examine the filter function of agricultural soils and the development of modelling frameworks for predicting soil functions. Complementary perspectives from the SOILPROM and ISLANDR projects will broaden the discussion on modelling pollution impacts and integrating soil health and ecosystem services into contaminated land management.
By bringing together different modelling approaches, environmental challenges and case studies, the session aims to discuss how quantitative predictive tools can translate soil and environmental data into evidence for assessing management practices and supporting more informed decisions for soil protection, sustainable land management and the preservation of ecosystem services.
AGENDA
09:15 Welcome and introduction from the chairs – Marco Falconi (ISPRA) Bjarne W. Strobel (University of Copenhagen) and Dominique Guyonnet
(BRGM)
09:25 Session: part 1 (15 min talk + 5 min questions)
- “Introduction to the PHISHES project – integrated modelling for soil health” Alexandra Murray, DHI
- “The filter function of agricultural soils, exemplified by PFAS transport and retention” Prof. Bjarne Strobel, UCPH
- “Modelling of pollution impact on soil ecosystem services: SOILPROM approach and example use case” Prof. Jakub Hofman, RECETOX
- “Nature-based Solutions in Rotterdam: integrating soil, water and urban sustainability” Annemieke Marsmann, DELTARES
- “Climate Change and Water Quality in Zelivka basin (CZE)” Vaclav Rara, Czech Globe
11:05 Coffee Break
11:35 Session: part 2 (15 min talk + 5 min questions)
- “Soil health and ecosystem services in contaminated land management: lessons from ISLANDR” Nazare Couto, NOVA
- “A modelling framework for predicting soil functions” Olivier Hullot, BRGM
- “Assessing Soil Health and Ecosystem Services in Rotterdam: An Integrated Modelling Workflow” Hendrik Kok, DELTARES
- “Soil and crop management choices for the Koprzywianka River catchment in Poland based on modelling approaches” Andrzej Brandyk, SGGW
- “Challenges in modelling the effects of PFAS remediation measures: Insights from monitoring a colloidal activated carbon barrier in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden” Robert Earon, SGI
Ten-minute wrap-up session by session chairs – Bjarne W. Strobel and Dominique Guyonnet
13:10 End of the session
Have a look at the full programme: CLICK HERE