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Projected Land Conservation Impacts on Global Soil Erosion and Pollination Sufficiency
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Title: Projected Land Conservation Impacts on Global Soil Erosion and Pollination Sufficiency
Description: We combine the open-source land-system model MAgPIE (Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the...

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
EUSO Annual Bulletin - 2022 activities
This report presents the activities of the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) that took place during 2022. Through its five main objectives, the EUSO...
Scientific-Technical Reports
LUCAS 2018 - SOIL COMPONENT: Sampling Instructions for Surveyors
The European Commission launched a soil assessment component to the periodic LUCAS Land Use/Land Cover Area Frame Survey in 2009. Composite soil samples from 0-20-cm depth were taken, air-dried and sieved to 2 mm in order to analyse physical and chemical parameters of topsoil in 25 Member States (EU-27...