Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00125, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Basiliko, Nathan (Laurentian University)|Basiliko, Nathan (Université Laurentienne), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : Brownfield management represents an important opportunity for carbon (C) sequestration and storage to help_x000D_
meet industrial climate change mitigation targets. C is four times more plentiful in the terrestrial biosphere than_x000D_
in the atmosphere, but conventional ecosystem management for climate change mitigation can be controversial._x000D_
The OBJECTIVE of this research program is to quantify how massive sulfur and metal emissions reductions in_x000D_
Ontario's largest mining and smelting centre, coupled with novel ecosystem reclamation practices, lead to C_x000D_
sequestration and influence the underlying processes of primary production, mineralization, and C and energy_x000D_
transfer through ecosystems. This research program will facilitate important economic and environmental_x000D_
opportunities for our partners, Vale and Sudbury-INO (Glencore). Our preliminary estimate of 30y C storage_x000D_
potential in managed Sudbury uplands relative to un-reclaimed lands is 5Mt representing ~$500 million._x000D_
However a unique and important focus of our study relative to other C sequestration initiatives is on_x000D_
watershed linkages between C pools, recognizing that C is not static, but continuously exchanging between_x000D_
uplands, wetlands and lakes (the landscape receptors) and the atmosphere. We will focus on upland, wetland,_x000D_
and lake systems and their linkages and the data will feed to a scaling and integration team, who will use_x000D_
remote sensing approaches and integrative accounting approaches to scale up trial plots to landscape scales to_x000D_
project future C sequestration potentials. This work will also serve as an important set of case studies to guide_x000D_
industrial management of brownfield environments for C sequestration elsewhere in Ontario and Canada._x000D_
The research program will provide an excellent training environment for both applied and fundamental_x000D_
aspects of C and GHG cycling and management across complex industrial landscapes, facilitating HQP_x000D_
interactions with industry and government partners and with co-applicants and partners across 8 universities, 2_x000D_
partner and 2 collaborator companies, 3 government agencies and by using multidisciplinary approaches_x000D_
spanning from the gene-to-field-to-landscape (modelling) scales., program purpose french : Brownfield management represents an important opportunity for carbon (C) sequestration and storage to help_x000D_
meet industrial climate change mitigation targets. C is four times more plentiful in the terrestrial biosphere than_x000D_
in the atmosphere, but conventional ecosystem management for climate change mitigation can be controversial._x000D_
The OBJECTIVE of this research program is to quantify how massive sulfur and metal emissions reductions in_x000D_
Ontario's largest mining and smelting centre, coupled with novel ecosystem reclamation practices, lead to C_x000D_
sequestration and influence the underlying processes of primary production, mineralization, and C and energy_x000D_
transfer through ecosystems. This research program will facilitate important economic and environmental_x000D_
opportunities for our partners, Vale and Sudbury-INO (Glencore). Our preliminary estimate of 30y C storage_x000D_
potential in managed Sudbury uplands relative to un-reclaimed lands is 5Mt representing ~$500 million._x000D_
However a unique and important focus of our study relative to other C sequestration initiatives is on_x000D_
watershed linkages between C pools, recognizing that C is not static, but continuously exchanging between_x000D_
uplands, wetlands and lakes (the landscape receptors) and the atmosphere. We will focus on upland, wetland,_x000D_
and lake systems and their linkages and the data will feed to a scaling and integration team, who will use_x000D_
remote sensing approaches and integrative accounting approaches to scale up trial plots to landscape scales to_x000D_
project future C sequestration potentials. This work will also serve as an important set of case studies to guide_x000D_
industrial management of brownfield environments for C sequestration elsewhere in Ontario and Canada._x000D_
The research program will provide an excellent training environment for both applied and fundamental_x000D_
aspects of C and GHG cycling and management across complex industrial landscapes, facilitating HQP_x000D_
interactions with industry and government partners and with co-applicants and partners across 8 universities, 2_x000D_
partner and 2 collaborator companies, 3 government agencies and by using multidisciplinary approaches_x000D_
spanning from the gene-to-field-to-landscape (modelling) scales., agreement title english : Landscape carbon accumulation through reductions in emissions (L-CARE): developing brownfield managment protocols for carbon sequestration and habitat use, agreement title french : Landscape carbon accumulation through reductions in emissions (L-CARE): developing brownfield managment protocols for carbon sequestration and habitat use, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 798080.0, agreement start date : 2018-01-10, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada