This Project targeted studying Tropical soil organic C dynamics along erosional disturbance gradients in relation to variability in soil geochemistry and land use. 

The objectives of the project were: to assess the extent to which the soil mineral phase influences the effects of soil disturbance (through erosion) on CNP dynamics in soil weathering systems, paying particular attention on C storage. Also to assess the interaction of climate, geochemistry and vegetation on C turnover and C allocation in tropical systems. The last objective was developing a modelling framework for spatial up scaling of C cycling in tropical landscapes from smaller (plot to hill slopes) to larger scales (catchments to regions).

 
The project was run by a consortium of universities including; University of Augsburg – Germany, Ghent University, MMU, Catholic University of Bukavu- DRC, BOKU- Austria, IITA, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology- Germany and was coordinated by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Dotterrl, University of Augsburg German it ran from 2017-2021.