Soil Test

The international summer school “Monitoring, Modeling and Management of Urban Soil and Green Infrastructure” was held in Nature Center of Zaryadye Park. The event was organized by Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) in the frames of agreement with the park on joint activities.



More than 50 students and young scientists from Germany, USA, China and different regions of Russia took part in the School activities. The lectures were delivered by the world's leading scientists and experts in the field of environmental design. The key speakers were: Riccardo Valentini, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2007 as an expert of the IPCC, Professor of the University of Tuscia (Italy), specialist in the field of ecology, forest condition analysis and climate change prediction; Ilya Molchanov, landscape architect and designer; Andrea Vanini, Professor of the University of Tuscia (Italy), specialist in the field of visual assessment of the greenery, forest biology and phytopathology, management and processing of organic waste; Simone Castaldi, professor at the Second University of Naples (Italy), expert in the field of biogeochemistry of natural and anthropogenic ecosystems.




Riccardo Valentini, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 2007, gave his assessment of Zaryadye Park. He noted that Zaryadye, as a piece of nature in the very center of such a large city as Moscow, is a great gift to Mоscovites and tourists.
Under the guidance of Olga Gavrichkova from the Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (Italy), Andrei Dolgikh, researcher at the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Professor Andrea Vanini, the students measured soil emission of greenhouse gases using infared gas analyzer, as well as analyzed soil temperature and humidity, and gave visual state assessment of the park’s trees using the VTA method .
On the basis of the studied indicators, a conclusion was made about the favorable state of the soils and green spaces of the Zaryadye Park.
The studies showed that the soils and greenery of Zarydye Park are in a favourable state.



The International Summer School is an annual event organized by RUDN University, NYC Urban Soils Institute (New York, USA) and the Technical University of Berlin with the support of the International Union of Soil Sciences. This year, the lectures were held at a new place — Zaryadye Park.
ParkLab project is a professional platform for experience exchange that continues to unite outstanding and young researchers in Zaryadye.