Implications of the proposed Framework Directive on …

The first four threats are pertinent to agricultural systems in Atlantic , but vary in their extent between countries depending on the spatial distribution. Loss of biodiversity has not been included as a potential threat in the SFD due to lack of information that is currently available both spatially and temporally to ...

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There are an estimated 340 000 contaminated pieces of land , most of which are yet to be identified, according to a new -wide assessment. contamination widespread ... Managing contaminated land costs an estimated € 6.5 billion per year. Much of this is paid by companies but there is also a high public cost.

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The Research Executive Agency (REA) manages several EU-funded projects that can contribute to this vision. These projects will support the objectives of the EU mission A Deal for , which, will provide EUR 320 million in seed funding through Horizon from 2021-2023. The projects will also help us to learn more about ...

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EU Observatory launched to monitor trends of health …

A proposed Horizon EU mission provides the blueprint for setting on a path towards sustainable management. One of the proposed targets is to make sure that at least 75% of all soils are in a healthy state by 2030. The EU Observatory launched today will monitor the progress towards the achievement of these goals.

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Long- in …

2.2. Experimental design and tillage systems. The experiment was initiated in 2003 as part of the SOWAP ( and Surface Water Protection Using Conservation Tillage in Northern and Central ) project to study PT and CT in a comparative manner (Field et al., 2007; Kertész et al., 2007; Lane, 2007; Bádonyi et al., 2008a, 2008b; Madarász et al., 2011).

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carbon stocks …

1. Introduction. Approximately one third of the land area is covered by forests (FOREST UNECE FAO, 2011).Their soils, including the forest floors, are considered a major store for terrestrial carbon (C), with an equivalent (Smith et al., 2006) or a much larger (Dixon et al., 1994, Eswaran et al., 1993, Lal, 2005) amount of C than found in the aboveground biomass.

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COSMOS-: a network of cosmic-ray neutron …

Here we present moisture data from 66 cosmic-ray neutron sensors (CRNSs) (COSMOS- for short) covering recent drought events. The CRNS sites are distributed across and cover all major land use types and climate zones . The raw neutron count data from the CRNS stations were provided by 24 research institutions ...

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erosion and runoff: The need to rethink mitigation …

An average rate of loss for by sheet and rill erosion, based on modelling, of 2.46 t/ha/year has been proposed (Panagos, Borrelli, et al., 2016; Panagos, Imeson, et al., 2016). These rates are not a threat to our ability to continue to produce crops for hundreds of years except in areas of extremely thin soils.

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research in the EU: R&I investment and “walk the talk …

The EUSO provides and benefits from EU R&I activities on and in particular from projects funded as part of the Horizon Mission ‘A Deal for ’ ( Mission). The Mission, which aims to establish a network of 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030, provides a further ...

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The rise of compound warm-season droughts –

They argued that low moisture dries air masses in Southern , which, as they move northward, decrease cloudiness and enhance the atmospheric evaporative demand. Our hydrologic simulation is in agreement with their hypothesis, showing that, during the compound warm-season events of CEU, January to April moisture deficits in MED ...

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pollution and ecosystems — Environment Agency

The intensity and impact of pollution vary significantly across . This is due to the large differences across regions with respect to properties, land use, the type and number of agricultural inputs (fertilisers or manure) and climate. The EU strategy for 2030 reiterates the general zero pollution ambition: by 2050, ...

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The European Confederation of Soil Science Societies

A SOIL VOICE FOR . Mission. The objectives of the ECSSS shall be to foster collaboration and co-operation amongst the National Societies of Soil in and amongst soil scientists in all branches of the soil sciences and their applications, and to give support to the above in the pursuit of their activities.

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Do we speak one language on the way to sustainable …

vey, conducted within the - community of and other important -related stakeholders. It is based on a large body of -derived definitions of terminology related to functions, ecosystem ser-vices (SESs) and threats (STs). Survey participants rated their agreement with each definition and the suit-

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New composition data for and Australia …

Highlights New continental-scale geochemistry data are provided for Australia and . Procedures to guarantee comparability of the datasets are demonstrated. Element concentrations show 3 to 5 orders of magnitude variation on both continents. The data provided define the geochemical background at the continental scale. Tight analytical quality control is a key requirement for ...

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CROPS: a new EU-funded project to grow citizen

In February 2024, a new EU-funded project kicked off. CROPS – short for curating, replicating, orchestrating, and propagating citizen across – is a three-year project that brings together six partners from six different countries to develop and demonstrate a modern, inclusive mechanism to support the upscaling of citizen activities and beyond.

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Assessing biodiversity potentials – PubMed

The current knowledge on the effects of physico-chemical properties on biota and the available data at continental scale open the way towards such an evaluation. In this study, the habitat potential for biodiversity was assessed and mapped for the first time throughout by combining several features (pH, texture and ...

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The of – Database

The major types of . with subsurface accumulation of low activity clay minerals and low base saturation (from the Latin, acris, meaning very acid). An Acrisol is a highly weathered occurring in warm temperate regions and the wetter parts of the tropics and subtropics. Acrisols have poor chemical properties, low levels of ...

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to policy – EJP

The ‘Resources, Infrastructure and Capabilities Inventory (RICI)’ is an online platform for policy stakeholders. RICI provides access to a pool of specialized scientists and experts at local, regional and national level across . The RICI is like the "yellow pages" for expertise on . RICI is the catalogued scientific ...

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Countries across make progress on tackling …

The scientists call for a common framework to help national governments in their efforts to prevent and remediate contamination. Tracking progress across . An average of 3.6 contaminated sites per square kilometre of artificial surface are registered in the country inventories of EU Member States.

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Agricultural Soils – Special Demands Related to …

salinization. The incremental loss and deterioration of 's resource is expected to continue, and will probably increase as a result of climate and land-use changes. From the Environmental Agency it was estimated that 220 million ha of (11% of the degraded soils worldwide) are degraded due to one or several of

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Influence of climate, , and land cover on plant species …

From ESDAC, we included only predictors of ecological relevance for plant species with full spatial coverage, namely, the 3D Hydraulic Database of (Tóth et al. 2017), the Database derived data (Hiederer 2013a, b) and the Topsoil Organic Content for (Jones et al. 2005). SoilGrids variables were chosen based on ...

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