[EVENT] / FairCarboN at the Solu-Biod Annual Days!

On this occasion, FairCarboN (represented by Stephan HATTENSCHWILER), took part in a round table to discuss how nature-based solutions (SfN) are being mobilized in other PEPRs. The other PEPRs also represented: FORESTT (Bruno Locatelli), Onewater (Jérémy Piffady), Risques et Villes (Gilles Grandjean), and Durables et Bâtiments innovants (Gilles Gesquiere).

During these exchanges, PEPR representatives discussed a number of themes :

 How are Nature-based Solutions (NBS) integrated into these different PEPRs?

• How can transversal collaboration between programs be encouraged?
• What role can experimentation play in Living Labs?
• How can we capitalize on transfer infrastructures and tools to strengthen collaboration between science and society?
• What role can the Solu-Biod PEPR play in disseminating SfN approaches within other PEPRs?

The Nature-based Solutions program will be essential for :

    Connecting players, territories and events;
 Defining cross-cutting issues and providing methodological tools to facilitate the analysis and transfer of SfN solutions.

The PEPR FairCarboN program focuses on the study of continental ecosystems and their use to store carbon and reduce GHGs, which is fully in line with an SfN strategy.

FairCarboN projects tackle the subject in several implicit ways. Some FairCarboN projects are testing SfN solutions to reduce GHGs and increase carbon storage. Some solutions involve restoring natural areas, while others involve better management of cultivated areas (as in the CrosyeN, Canete and SLAM-B projects). These include practices such as reducing tillage, reducing the use of nitrogen fertilizers and replacing them with organic fertilizers or leguminous plants, using organic fertilizer residues, planting cover crops or even trees (in the case of agroforestry), which use their roots to promote the deep uptake of carbon.