Policy & Research

Find out more about policy and research in the field of contaminated site management and related topics.

European Commission links

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Soil at the European Environment Agency

EU Soil Observatory (EUSO)  

European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) at the Joint Research Center

Projects of the European Commission 
Research and Development Framework Programmes

Ongoing projects:

AI4SoilHealth - Accelerating collection and use of soil health information using AI technology

ARAGORN - Achieving Remediation and Governing Restoration of Contaminated Soils Now

ISLANDR - Information-based Solutions for Land Management

NATI00NS - Support for the establishment of soil health living labs

NBSOIL - Nature Based Solutions for Soil Management

POSIDON - POlluted SIte DecontaminatiON - PCP

PREPSOIL - Preparing for the "Soil Deal for Europe" Mission

Completed projects:

CIRCUSE - Circular Flow Land Use Management

EUGRIS - Portal for soil and water management in Europe

GREENLAND- Green Remediation Options

HOMBRE - Holistic Management of Brownfield Regeneration

NANOREM - Taking Nanotechnological Remediation Processes from Lab Scale to End User Applications for the Restoration of a Clean Environment

TIMBRE - Tailored Improvement of Brownfield Regeneration in Europe

Networks

CL:AIRE - Leading Sustainable Land Reuse

EmConSoil - Emerging Soil Contaminants Network

EUFJE - European Forum of Judges for the Environment

GLOSOLAN - Global Soil Laboratory Network

ICCL - International Committee on Contaminated Land

IMPEL - European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law - Water and Land

INSOP - International Network on Soil Pollution

NICOLE - Network for Industrially Co-ordinated Sustainable Land Management in Europe

ReLASC - Latin-American Network on Contaminated Land

SEDNET - European Sediment research Network

SOILveR - Soil and Land Research Platform for Europe