The overarching aim of SmartSOIL was to contribute to reversing the current degradation trend of European agricultural soils by improving soil carbon management in soils of arable and mixed farming systems covering intensive to low-input and organic farming systems.
The CRRI, on behalf of the National Heritage Academy (South West), undertook research to establish the supply of, and demand for, heritage building skills in Gloucestershire.
This study was commissioned by English Heritage and Cadw in 2007 to provide Government and its agencies at all spatial levels with a research programme to enable the socio-economic benefits of heritage in the National Parks to be recognised, measured and evaluated in an academically sound and rigorous way.
This project examined the character of application sites, and explored whether the sites were earmarked for development in local development plans or subject to planning applications.
This project condcuted a review of peatland restoration on Exmoor and gave guidance to the Steering Group on how best to proceed with future peatland restoration.
The CCRI was commissioned by the Exmoor National Park Authority and Natural England to develop a delivery framework for ecosystem services within the uplands.
This project estimated the values of woodland and forests in the East of England Region.
In November 2010, the Centre for the Study of Floods and Communities at the University of Gloucestershire, together with the CCRI, was awarded an ESRC award for research into sustainable flood memory.
The project aimed to survey current arts and humanities research and practice in the UK and Netherlands (NL) in relation to low-lying intertidal and littoral landscapes and the communities who live and work with them