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Dataset Highlights
Multiple concurrent soil erosion processes
Here we show, using a multi-model approach, the spatial risk of soil erosion by water, wind, tillage and harvesting and where the co-occurrence of these different processes is observed. Moreover, we analysed where these locations of multiple erosion co-occurrence are likely to...

One year after the First EU Soil Observatory Stakeholders Forum, the Second EUSO Stakeholders Forum was held from 24 to 26 October 2022.
This three-day event covered the following topics:
- The first day dealt with "Recent EU policy developments in soil".
- The second day discussed the concept of Soil Health Districts, and the EUSO engagement with the Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe”.
- The third day was dedicated to look at the work done in the EUSO Technical Working Groups.
The agenda is available from here, which also publishes all presentations and recordings of the various sessions.
Scientific-Technical Reports
LANDSUPPORT Decision Support Systems: performance at EU, country, regional and local scale
Developing a methodology for the analysis of the anthropogenic intervention on natural capital is an ambitious process. The LANDSUPPORT project...
Scientific-Technical Reports
JRC support to the European Joint Programme for soil (EJP SOIL)
DG AGRI is currently supporting under Horizon 2020 an European Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) on agricultural soil management to overcome...