A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe

Panagos, Panos; Borrelli, Pasquale; Jones, Arwyn; Robinson, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-4867. 2024 A 1 billion euro mission: A Soil Deal for Europe. European Journal of Soil Science, 75 (1), e13466. 4, pp. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13466

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13466

Abstract/Summary

Soils have achieved prominence in the political agenda of the European Commission with the proposal for a Soil Monitoring Law and the ambitious Soil Mission research framework. The EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) used the latest state-of-the-art pan-European datasets to propose a preliminary assessment of soil health in the EU based on 18 soil degradation proxy indicators. The body of knowledge will soon be enriched thanks to the investment of 1 billion euros towards the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, which has the ambition to promote the development of new harmonized bottom-up and top-down soil health indicators. New data and knowledge are also anticipated through the national soil monitoring schemes to support the implementation of the Soil Monitoring Law. We present the Soil Mission roadmap towards assessing and achieving soil health in the EU by 2030 to meet Green Deal objectives. We introduce the EUSO Soil Health Dashboard, a soil degradation indicator tool using soil health indicators developed by the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) (2012–2023) that will contribute to Soil Monitoring Law assessments.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13466
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	1351-0754
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	land degradation, soil health, soil mission, soil monitoring law
NORA Subject Terms:	Law Agriculture and Soil Science Data and Information
Date made live:	01 Mar 2024 12:14 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537006

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13466

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

1351-0754

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

land degradation, soil health, soil mission, soil monitoring law