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The new Soil Monitoring Law provides a legal framework to help achieve healthy soils by 2050. It will do so by. putting in place a solid and coherent monitoring framework for all soils across the EU so Member States can take measures to regenerate degraded soils. making sustainable soil management the norm in the EU.
The EU soil strategy for 2030 sets out a framework and concrete measures to protect and restore soils, and ensure that they are used sustainably. A new Soil Monitoring Law will put the EU on a pathway to healthy soils by 2050. This proposal for the first-ever EU legislation on soils provides a harmonised definition of soil health, puts in place ...
The EU soil strategy for 2030 sets out a framework and concrete measures to protect and restore soils, and ensure that they are used sustainably. It sets a vision and objectives to achieve healthy soils by 2050, with concrete actions by 2030. It also announces a new Soil Health Law by 2023 to ensure a level playing field and a high level of ...
Aug 2, 2022 · Action for soil protection is a prominent feature in the European Green Deal and at the heart of our European and international agendas. Soils host more than 25% of the world’s biodiversity, are the largest terrestrial carbon pool on the planet and play a key role in the circular economy and adaptation to climate change.
Feb 15, 2022 · The EU Soil Strategy for 2030 was adopted in November 2021 and sets the vision to have all soils in healthy condition by 2050 and to make protection, sustainable use and restoration of soils the norm. It proposes a combination of voluntary and legislative action and calls for ensuring the same level of protection to soil that exists for water ...
The public health, environmental, moral and socio-economic case for the EU to lead the global fight against pollution is today stronger than ever. On 12 May 2021, the European Commission adopted the EU Action Plan: "Towards a Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil" (and annexes) - a key deliverable of the European Green Deal.
Soil Data Maps (JRC, European Commission) EUROPEAN SOIL DATA CENTRE (ESDAC) is the thematic centre for soil-related data in Europe. Its ambition is to be the single reference point for and to host all relevant soil data and information at European level. A web-based map viewer is available.
Feb 2, 2021 · The European Commission has launched an online public consultation on the development of a new EU Soil Strategy. This is the last of a set of public consultations on different ecosystems delivering on the specific commitments in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030. Healthy soils produce our food and raw materials, clean our drinking water, reduce ...
Sewage sludge is a mud-like residue resulting from wastewater treatment. It can contain contaminants such as heavy metals or other chemicals, or pathogens. It also contains valuable organic matter and nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, and can therefore be very useful as a fertiliser or soil improver.
International action. The EU works with partners worldwide to combat land and soil degradation and desertification. Land degradation and desertification are issues of both global and EU concern. They are caused by many factors including population growth, poor land management, climate change and deforestation.
