On September 30, 2022, the website of the Federal Research Center for Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences published the news about the launch of the key innovative government project aimed at creating the unified national monitoring system for climatically active substances.
The Federal Research Center for Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences performs two assignments within the framework of this project, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2512-р dd. September 2, 2022:
- “Develop principles for the construction and operation of a desertification monitoring system for arid, subarid, and dry sub-humid regions;”
- “Assess humus accumulation in forest reclamation soils of the Russian Federation and carbon accumulation in soil and phytomass of protective forest plantations. Develop methods for designing a monitoring network to study the carbon balance and the sequestration potential of agroforestry landscapes in the southern part of the Russian Federation. Design the structure of a database of the carbon balance and the sequestration potential of agroforestry landscapes in the southern part of the Russian Federation. Frame a database on carbon pools and greenhouse gas flows, the carbon balance and the sequestration potential of agroforestry landscapes.”
Issues related to conducting research on this topic are regularly discussed at meetings of the Academic Council and other events. For example, on September 30, the Council hosted a meeting which was attended by Candidate of Sciences in Agriculture, Acting Deputy Director for Research Anna Pugacheva, Doctor of Sciences in Agriculture, Deputy Director – Head of the Selection and Seed Center Andrey Solonkin, Deputy Director – Head of the Center for Combating Desertification Aleksandr Kuzenko, Deputy Director – Head of the Center for the Protection and Restoration of Small Rivers and Water Bodies Aleksandr Istomin, Chief Research Fellow of the Laboratory of Hydrology of Agroforest Landscapes, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Konstantin Kulik, Doctor of Sciences in Agriculture, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Protective Afforestation and Phytoreclamation of Low-Yield Lands Aleksandr Manaenkov, Candidate of Sciences in Agriculture, Head of the Laboratory of Agrotechnologies and Farming Systems in Agroforestry Landscapes Aleksandr Koshelev, Candidate of Sciences in Agriculture, Lead Research Fellow of the Laboratory of Mathematical Simulation Evgeniia Korneeva, and Candidate of Sciences in Agriculture, Senior Research Fellow of the Laboratory of Erosion Protection of Soils Anastasiia Kulik.
“The meeting aimed at developing Subregional National Action Programs to Combat Desertification for 13 Russian regions. Responsible representatives were appointed for each section, a very large team is engaged in work now. Besides, professionals will be included in the developers’ teams in the Russian regions. They are drafting a schedule for their regions according to our methodology. The works comply with the program of the Federal Research Center for Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, yet take into account the peculiarities of each region. Our report is due in November. I want to say that this work to create national action programs to combat desertification in 13 regions has been designed to include several stages, and we expect to be done with the first stage in 2024. So, goal set, objectives clear,” says Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Konstantin Kulik.
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