3.Studies of the basic resources of the bioeconomy – land, soil, water – to ensure sustainable use and reduce pollution Description Directions of research3.1. The importance of soil and its management in the ecosystems and circulation of chemical substances.3.2. Assessment of the soil diversity and its influencing factors and processes and application of innovative methods and technologies for its research and protection.3.3. Changes in soil properties and circulation of plant nutrients in agriculture and forestry depending on environmental conditions and management systems. Development and adaptation of technologies for the production of high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine.3.4. Groundwater regime in agricultural, forest and mire ecosystems.3.5. Reclamation of degraded areas. Lead Researchers Aldis Kārkliņš Raimonds Kasparinskis Ilze Vircava Vivita Puķīte Aleksejs Nipers Ph D students Adrija Dorbe Researchers Ieva Erdberga Kristiāna Skutele Baiba Buša Dace Brizga External collaboration partners The institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics Institute of Horticulture Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava" University on Latvia Estonian University of Life Sciences University of Tartu Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Vytautas Magnus University Warsaw University of Life Sciences
