Assessment of the State of Soil Health in Europe: Call for contributions
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) together with the European Environmental Agency (EEA) is
looking for contributing authors for the preparation of its Assessment of the State of Soil Health in Europe.
The resulting Science for Policy report will consist of a fully evidenced, spatially organized assessment of
pressures affecting soil health, with high relevance to the implementation of the future Soil Health Law. It will
also serve as a basis for the European Chapter of FAO's Status of the World's Soil Resources (SWSR) report planned
for 2025.
For contribution and important dates, please fill and submit the form until 7 July 2023 under this .
link.
First meeting of the International Network on Soil Pollution (INSOP) – presentations available
The first INSOP meeting took place online from 13-15 June 2023 to give review of the progress done by the network,
discuss and identify the priorities, develop the work plan for 2023-2024. Several presentations are now available:
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EUSO Annual Bulletin - 2022 activities
This report presents the activities of the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) during 2022. Through its five main
objectives, the EUSO contributes to improving the monitoring of soils, to creating and sharing knowledge and data
about EU soils, in particular producing tailored outputs in support of policy development and to the wider public.
EUSO provided extensive policy support to a range of policy areas, notably the upcoming Soil Health Law and the
Horizon Europe’s Soil Mission. A key element of the EU Soil Observatory are the six EUSO Working Groups (e.g. Soil
Pollution WGs) that aim to discuss policy or technical advances on a particular topic. The report also highlights
the developments expected in 2023.
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The 3rd EUSO Stakeholder Forum will take place in the “2023 EU Soil Week” in Madrid, Spain in the week of 20-24
November 2023.
LIFE SOuRCE project on remediation of PFAS-contaminated groundwater
LIFE SOuRCE is an European project focusing on the demonstration and evaluation of sustainable on-site remediation
technologies for PFAS-contaminated groundwater and lasts from 2021 to 2025. It aims to demonstrate innovative
cost-efficient and versatile remediation solutions for PFAS contaminated groundwater through the combination of a
set of innovative on-site technologies; surface active foam fractionation (SAFF), anion exchange filters (AEX),
electrochemical oxidation (EO) and phytoremediation (PHYTO), demonstrated at two demo sites (landfill in Sweden
and industrial site in Spain).
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European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) - Newsletter
ESDAC Newsletter No.154 (June 2023) –
ESDAC Newsletter No.153 (May 2023) –
ESDAC Newsletter No.152 (April 2023) –
EUGRIS News
New documents on EUGRIS, the platform for European contaminated soil and water information:
