ICPA - Department of Soil Pollution and Environment Protection

NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR SOIL SCIENCE AGRO-CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENT - ICPA
Bucureşti

ICPA Bucharest

DEPARTMENT

Soil Pollution Control

and Environment Protection in Agriculture

Field of activity:

Inventory and complex characterization and quantification of the nation-wide soil resources;
Research on the main pedological processes;
Elaboration of indicators and parameters in order to appreciate the loading degree of soils with inorganic and organic pollutants;
Establishing the relationships between pedogeochemical background and the appearance of disturbance at plants and animals;

Pollution of soil - in relation to air, freshwater and groundwater pollution - and the consequences on human health;

Development of databases and GIS on soil/land resources and environment; Pedogeochemical database;
Methodologies for assessing sustainable use of soil and land resources;
Soil resources monitoring and auditing systems;

Nation-wide Monitoring of the Quality of the Soils (European soil profiles network on 16x16 km grid);

Yearly monitoring of the main quality parameters of the soils (district/country level);

Evaluation of the quality of the soil resources and establishing measures for their protection, conservation and amelioration;
Evaluation of the behaviour of pollutants within the soil-plant system and establishing measures for prevention, limitation and control their harmful effect; Ecological rehabilitation of polluted soils;
Evaluation of pollutants accumulation level in vegetables and fruits from areas severely polluted by industrial emissions or as a result of applying intensive agricultural technologies;
Ecological rehabilitation of polluted soils (oils, heavy metals, pesticides, etc.) by different means, including microbiological possibilities;

Ecological rehabilitation of degraded land and dumps resulted from surface mining and other human activities;

Estimation of the relationships between drought and pollution processes;
Developing drought response units characterizing the sensitivity of land units to water stresses.

Soil microbiology; Microflora evolution in different pedological conditions; Development of micro-organism database;

Development of expert systems and decision support systems on sustainable land use planning and technological recommendation;
Information for land reform and sustainable land use planning; Rural development.

Contact person: Dr. Radu LACATUSU (Head of department)

Phone: +40-1-224.17.90 / ext.275

Fax: +40-1-222.59.79

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