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Romania
Citizenship:
Romania
Ph.D. degree award:
2016
Mr.
Remus
Prăvălie
PhD in Geography
Associate Professor, Second Degree Scientific Researcher
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UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Researcher | Teaching staff | PhD supervisor
Web of Science ResearcherID:
https://publons.com/researcher/3053038/remus-pravalie/
Personal public profile link.
Curriculum Vitae (18/07/2023)
Expertise & keywords
Land degradation; Desertification; Climate change; Global environmental issues; Renewable energies
Land degradation; Desertification; Climate change; Global environmental issues; Renewable energies
Land degradation; Desertification; Climate change; Global environmental issues; Renewable energies
Projects
Publications & Patents
Entrepreneurship
Reviewer section
Complex modelling of multiple land degradation processes in Europe. Towards an integrative scientific framework for sustainable land management across the continent
Call name:
PNRR CF 216/19.11.2022
2023
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2026
Role in this project:
Partner team leader
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Project website:
Abstract:
Land degradation is a complex environmental disturbance acting via multiple pathways, which, to date, have been investigated in an isolated (unilateral) manner, focused on singular (individual) degradation processes. This project proposes an integrating (unifying) scientific analysis of the multiple processes present in European agricultural environments, by considering 12 major processes (water erosion, wind erosion, soil organic carbon loss, soil salinization, soil acidification, soil compaction, soil nutrient imbalances, soil pollution via pesticides, soil pollution via heavy metals, vegetation degradation, groundwater decline and aridity) that affect agricultural lands in 40 continental countries. The methodological approach of the present project allows the geospatial modelling, for the first time, of multiple convergent degradation processes, which act in synergy and generate a wide range of negative effects continentally, i.e. they lower agricultural productivity, amplify climate change, and jeopardize governmental sustainable development objectives. The expected results of the detailed investigation of agricultural land multi-degradation have a multidimensional importance for current European policies, which aim to control land degradation and ensure food security on the continent. Also, the expected complex results can be a valuable informational support for policies intended to combat climate change and implement sustainable development, two essential conditions for Europe's socio-economic stability and prosperity. This triple positive impact of the project was designed to be as effective as possible, by establishing multiple vectors for disseminating results to various policymakers or stakeholders active in European agriculture.
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Geospatial investigation of land multi-degradation in Europe
Call name:
AOSR (Academia Oamenilor de Ştiinţă din România) Grant 2022
2022
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2023
Role in this project:
Project coordinator
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Project website:
Abstract:
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Spatial investigation of recent global changes in soil organic carbon as a pathway for assessing land degradation dynamics across the world
Call name:
RYA (Romanian Young Academy ) Grant 2020
2020
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2022
Role in this project:
Project coordinator
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Project website:
Abstract:
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The impact of recent climate change on the ecological productivity of forests in Romania
Call name:
P 1 - SP 1.1 - Proiecte de cercetare Postdoctorală
PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2019-0064
2020
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2022
Role in this project:
Project coordinator
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO)
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO)
Project website:
https://cccpm.unibuc.ro/postdoctoral-project-2/
Abstract:
Forests are among the world’s most important terrestrial ecological systems, considering the wide range of ecosystem functions, goods and services they provide for the environment and humanity. However, these ecological attributes of forests have been intensely disrupted in numerous regions worldwide under the pressure of climate change and anthropogenic activities. Climate change has become an increasingly apparent threat to these ecosystems, also in Romania, considering the recent changes in climatic conditions recorded in our country, which were confirmed by many specialized studies. Given the lack of interdisciplinary research in this respect, this study aims to conduct the first-ever analysis of the potential effects of climate change on forest productivity countrywide. The approach, based on the analysis of complex geospatial data, aims to test the hypothesis of climate change impact on forest productivity, an ecological feature that is essential to maintaining the forests’ health and ecosystem services. Therefore, the project will use various national data, classified as climatic (values of temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration etc.) and satellite (Landsat images, from which representative ecometric data will be extracted for forest vegetation density, biomass and net primary productivity) data. The two categories of necessary data will be purchased for the 1987–2016 period and will be processed using complex geostatistical techniques (trends, linear regressions, bootstrapping etc.), which were selected so as to capture climate and ecological changes in Romania, as well as statistical causality relationships between climate and forest productivity over the past three decades. The results of this study will be useful primarily for the various governmental strategies focusing on protecting these terrestrial ecosystems, fighting climate change or mitigating the effects of climate change in Romania.
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Analysis of solar energy potential in areas susceptible to land degradation in Romania
Call name:
ICUB (Institutul de cercetare al UB) Grant 6928/2020
2020
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2021
Role in this project:
Project coordinator
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Project website:
Abstract:
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The impact of climate change on maize crop productivity in Southern and South-Eastern Romania
Call name:
ICUB (Institutul de cercetare al UB) Grant 27872/2018
2019
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2020
Role in this project:
Project coordinator
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI ()
Project website:
Abstract:
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Spatial analysis of land degradation sensitivity in Romania using the multi-criteria MEDALUS methodology
Call name:
P 1 - SP 1.1 - Proiecte de cercetare Postdoctorală
PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2016-0953
2018
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2020
Role in this project:
Project coordinator
Coordinating institution:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI
Project partners:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO)
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITATEA BUCURESTI (RO)
Project website:
https://cccpm.unibuc.ro/postdoctoral-project/
Abstract:
Land degradation is a critical global and European environmental issue, which consists of the diminishment or loss in land economic and biological productivity, against the background of disruptive factors such as climate change and anthropogenic activities. Romania is one of the most vulnerable European countries in terms of land degradation, considering it is located in the continent’s central south-eastern region, which is known to be Europe’s most heavily exposed area to the alteration of environmental biophysical conditions, alongside the Mediterranean region. Given this context, the project aims to perform a spatial analysis of land sensitivity to degradation in Romania, using a complex, multi-criteria and interdisciplinary methodological approach. This approach is based on the widely-used MEDALUS (Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use) methodology, which, using Geographic Information Systems, processes certain primary environmental indicators known to be driving forces of land degradation, i.e. Climate Quality Index, Soil Quality Index, Vegetation Quality Index, Water Quality Index and Management Quality Index. By obtaining the 5 indicators (based on a high number of relevant sub-indicators) and by integrating them in the final product – the Land Degradation Sensitivity Index –, the project essentially aims to obtain the first-ever nation-wide mapping and analysis of areas that are exposed to this environmentally disruptive process. This analysis, highly useful both ecologically and economically, which has not been attempted before nationally or regionally, will deliver results that can prompt essential contributions to the understanding of the process, in terms of spatial range, manifestation mechanism and associated consequences, and, most notably, to the prioritization and implementation of measures to improve degraded land issued by policy makers.
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List of research grants as project coordinator or partner team leader
Significant R&D projects for enterprises, as project manager
R&D activities in enterprises
Peer-review activity for international programs/projects
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