Global Soil Partnership

Russian Federation

 

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STATUS OF THE NASOLAN OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

NAME OF THE NATIONAL NETWORK: RUSSIAN SOIL LABORATORY NETWORK (RUSOLAN)

  • STATUS: Established 
  • DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT: 29 April 2022
  • NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 13

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REFERENCE LABORATORY

NAME: Ecoanalytical laboratory of the Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 

  • ADDRESS: Syktyvkar, Russia, 167982
  • GLOSOLAN MEMBER SINCE: 16 April 2018
  • TYPE OF LABORATORY: Research center
  • TYPE OF ANALYSIS PERFORMED: Chemical, physical, biological, fertilizers, plants, water, pollutants, tissues.
  • HEAD OF THE LABORATORY: Ms Elena V. Shamrikova

RUSSIAN SOIL LABORATORY NETWORK (RUSOLAN) MAP

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NETWORK

At present, Russia is represented by 13 soil laboratories in GLOSOLAN, with a wide geographic distribution. In December 2020, by decision of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the Ecoanalytical Laboratory and the Soil Science Department of the Institute of Biology of Komi Science Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IB FRC Komi SC UB RAS, RU - EN) was assigned as the national reference laboratory of the country. On April 29, 2022, under the initiative of the national reference laboratory, the Russian national network (RUSOLAN) was launched. Elena Shamrikova, Dr. Biol. Sci. (Institute of Biology, Syktyvkar), was elected as the Chair of RUSOLAN, and prof. Elena Pivovarova, Dr. Agr. Sci. (Altai State Agrarian University, Barnaul), was elected as a Co-Chair of the national network.

TABLE OF ALL LABORATORIES

ACTIVITIES, MEETINGS, MATERIAL PRODUCED AND PARTNERS

I. Prior to the launch of RUSOLAN, the Russian laboratories were active in the work of GLOSOLAN: they participated in the development of the concept note of the Advanced Methods of Soil Analysis (2018-2019), participated in the Soil Laboratories Assessment (2018) and GLOSOLAN Proficiency Testing (2019). The National Reference Laboratory (Syktyvkar) lead the work on harmonization of the results of measurements of soil organic matter (OM) by national (Tyurin) and international (Walkley-Black) methods. The method of high-temperature catalytic combustion of OM in the presence of oxygen was accepted as a reference method. Correlation coefficients which accounted for  the incomplete oxidation of OM under the conditions specified by Tyurin and Walkley-Black methods (1.15 and 1.3, respectively) were calculated. These results are crucial for the integration of national and regional (Eurasian) data on OM content collected during the long period (more than a century) into the  global datasets.

 

II. Modifications of the Tyurin and Walkley-Black methods were developed (video) and their metrological certification is done (Certificate No. 88-17641-001-RA.RU.310657-2020, Certification and Metrology Center "SERTIMET" at the Administration Body of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences). 

 

III. The dissemination of information about the activity of GLOSOLAN was performed in multiple fora, see:

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Event

Report title

Venue, data/ participation form

1

International Scientific Conference, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the KarRC RAS "Integration processes in the Russian and external space: experience and prospects"

International scientific cooperation in the field of harmonization of soil research: methods experience, problems, prospects

Petrosavodsk, Russia, October 07-08, 2021 / in-person

2

Meeting of the Central Dokuchaev Soil Science Society

International scientific cooperation in the field of harmonization of soil research methods experience, problems, prospects

Moscow, Russia, December 1, 2021 / on-line

3

Final session of the scientific council of the Institute of Biology, FRC Komi SC, UB RAS

Global Soil Partnership. Institute of Biology as the leader of the Russian branch of GLOSOLAN

Syktyvkar, Russia, February 8, 2022 / in-person

4

The international scientific conference on sustainable management of land resources and biodiversity SERBEMA-2022

EUROSOLAN as a part of the 
 Global Soil 
 Laboratory Network

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 12-13, 2022 / on-line

5

25 Pushchino International School-Conference of Young Scientists "Biology - Science of the 21st Century"

The Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) is an international mechanism for promoting technologies and knowledge in the field of sustainable land use and agriculture

Pushchino, Russia, April 18-22, 2022 / on-line

6

The VIII Congress of the Dokuchaev Soil Science Society

GLOSOLAN as an international multilevel analytical system of harmonization of soil data for effective land use

Syktyvkar, Russia, August 10-14, 2022 / in-person

7

Workshop on the tools of the Global Soil Partnership in support to the Central Asia Countries Initiative for Land Management

Global soil laboratory network (GLOSOLAN) and the example from the Eurasian region (RUSOLAN)

Ashghabat, Turkmenistan, August 17, 2022 / on-line

MAIN NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF THE NETWORK/LABORATORIES IN THE NETWORK

WEAK SPOTS AND NEEDS

  1. Harmonization: It is necessary to continue the process of unification of national and international measurement methodology performing the international interlaboratory comparisons and exchange of experience.
  2. Equipment: Introduction of modern methods (ion chromatography and atomic spectroscopy with ICP-MS detection, etc.) into the laboratory workflow is needed.
  3. Education: Seminars on modern soil research methods, methods of mathematical statistics in soil science and safety engineering have to be organized.
  4. The mobilization of human and financial resources is needed.

EXPECTATIONS FROM GLOSOLAN/RUSOLAN

  1. Unification of measurement methods at the global and national levels.
  2. Development of universal methods of analysis that shall be applied in the country.
  3. Global, regional, and national interlaboratory comparisons.
  4. Global, regional, and national training (including in Russian and English).
  5. Experience exchange in the application of laboratory procedures and soil research methods. Mutual assistance in research practices.
  6. Meetings for discussion of common problems and tasks.
  7. Capacity development of laboratories. Exploring possibilities for financial resource mobilization.
  8. Promotion of GLOSOLAN events.