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European Soil Data Center (ESDAC) hosts deliverables/data/reports of soil relevant projects which have been financed by EU budget. On this page, a list of international, multi-partner EU-funded projects, that are relevant to soil, is presented:
6th and 7th Framework Programme for Research (40 Projects)
| Project ACRONYM | Type of project | TITLE | Start | End | Website | Final Report / Other Deliverables |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQUAREHAB | CP-FP | Development of rehabilitation technologies and approaches for multipressured degraded waters and the integration of their impact on river basin management | 2009 | 2013 | http://aquarehab.vito.be/home/Pages/home.asp | |
| AQUATERRA | IP | Understanding river-sediment-soil-groundwater interactions for support of management of water bodies (river basin & catchment areas). | 2004 | May 2009 | http://www.eu-aquaterra.de/ | |
| BIOTOOL | STREP | Biological procedures for diagnosing the status and predicting evolution of polluted environments | 2004 | 2007 | http://www.eugris.info/DisplayProject.asp?P=4434 | |
| CARBOEUROPE | IP | Assessment of the European Terrestrial Carbon Balance | 2004 | 2008 | http://www.carboeurope.org/ | |
| CARBO-Extreme | CP-FP | The terrestrial carbon cycle under climate vriability and extremes - A pan-European synthesis | 2009 | June 2013 | http://www.carbo-extreme.eu/ | |
| CATCH-C | CP-FP | Farm-compatibility of 'Best Management Practices' | 2011 | - | http://www.catch-c.eu/ | |
| CLEANSOIL | INCO | An Innovative Method for the On-Site Remediation of Polluted Soil under existing Infrastructures | 2005 | 2008 | http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/74864_en.html | Final Report: An innovative method for the on-site remediation of polluted soil under existing infrastructures |
| DESIRE | IP | Desertification mitigation and remediation of land – a global approach for local solutions | 2007 | 2012 | http://www.desire-project.eu | |
| DIGISOIL | CP-FP | Integrated System of data collection technologies for mapping soil properties | Sep 2008 | Aug 2011 | http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/Digisoil/ | |
| ECOFINDERS | IP | Ecological Function and Biodiversity Indicators in European Soils | 2011 | Dec 2014 | http://www.ecofinders.eu/ | |
| ENVASSO | STREP | Environmental Assessment of Soil for Monitoring | 2006 | 2009 | http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/envasso/ | |
| E-SOTER | CP | Regional Pilot Platform as EU contribution to a Global Soil Observing System | 2008 | Feb 2012 | http://www.esoter.org | |
| EURODEMO | CA | European Platform for Demonstration of Efficient Soil and Groundwater Remediation | 2005 | 2008 | http://www.eurodemo.info/ | |
| FOOTPRINT | STREP | Functional tools for pesticide risk assessment and management | 2006 | 2009 | http://www.eu-footprint.org/ataglance.html | |
| GHG-EUROPE | IP | Greenhouse gas management in European land-use systems | 2010 | 2013 | http://www.ghg-europe.eu/ | |
| HOMBRE | CP-FP | Holistic management of brownfield regeneration | 2010 | 2014 | http://www.deltares.nl/en/expertise/101145/urban-land-and-water-management/811569 | |
| HORIZONTAL | STREP | Horizontal Standards on Organic Micropollutants for Implementation of EU Directives on Sludge, Soil and Treated Bio-waste | 2003; | 2008; | http://www.ecn.nl/horizontal/ | |
| iSOIL | CP-FP | Interactions between soil related sciences - Linking geophysics, soil science and digital soil mapping | 2008 | Nov 2011 | http://www.isoil.ufz.de/index.php?en=16412 | |
| ISOSoil | CP-FP | Contaminant specific isotope analyses as sharp environmental forensics tools for site characterisation, monitoring and source apportionment of pollutants in soil | 2009 | Feb 2012 | http://isosoil.eu/Soilcontamination/Default.aspx | |
| LUPIS | STREP | Land Use Policies and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries | 2007 | May 2010 | http://www3.lei.wur.nl/lupis/ | |
| ModelPROBE | CP-FP | Model driven soil probing - Site assessment and evaluation | 2010 | March 2012 | http://www.modelprobe.ufz.de/ | |
| NITROEUROPE | IP | The nitrogen cycle and its influence on the European greenhouse gas balance | 2006 | finished | http://www.nitroeurope.eu/ | |
| PANGEOE | CP-FP; | PanGeo provides free access to geohazard information for many of the largest cities in Europe | Feb 2011 | Jan 2014 | http://www.pangeoproject.eu/ | |
| PROMOTE | STREP | Efficiency control and performance verification of improved approaches for soil-groundwater protection and rehabilitation | 2005 | Aug 2008 | http://www.promote-etv.org/ | |
| RAMSOIL | SSA | Risk assessment methodologies for soil threats | 2006 | Finished | http://www.ramsoil.eu/UK/ | Final Report: Risk Assessment Methodologies of Soil Threats in Europe |
| SAFELAND | CP-FP | Living with landslide risk in Europe: Assessment, effects of global change, and risk management strategies | 2009 | 2012 | http://www.safeland-fp7.eu/ | |
| SEAMLESS | IP | System for Environmental and Agricultural Modelling; Linking European Science and Society | 2005 | March 2009 | http://www.seamless-ip.org/ | |
| SEDBARCAH | STREP | Sediment biobarriers for chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons in groundwater reaching surface water | 2005 | finished | http://www.vito.be/SEDBARCAH | |
| SmartSoil | CP-FP | Sustainable farm Management Aimed at Reducing Threats to SOILs under climate change | 2011 | - | http://smartsoil.eu/ | |
| SNOWMAN | ERANET | Sustainable management of soil and groundwater under the pressure of soil pollution and soil contamination | 2005 | finished | http://www.snowman-era.net/ | |
| SoilCAM | CP-FP | Soil Contamination: Advanced integrated characterisation and time-lapse monitoring | 2010 | May 2012 | http://www.soilcam.eu | |
| SOILCRITZONE | SSA | Soil sustainability in Europe as deduced from investigation of the Critical Zone | 2007 | Finished | http://sustainability.gly.bris.ac.uk/soilcritzone/ | |
| SOILSERVICE | CP-FP | Conflicting demands of land use, soil biodiversity and the sustainable delivery of ecosystem goods and services in Europe | 2009 | March 2012 | http://www.lu.se/soil-ecology-group/research/soilservice | |
| SOILTREC | IP | Soil Transformations in Europen Catchments - Network of Critical Zone soil observatories together with U.S. NSF | Dec 2009 | Nov 2014 | http://www.soiltrec.eu/ | |
| STRESOIL | STREP | In Situ Stimulation and Remediation of Contaminated Fractured Soils | 2004 | 2006 | http://www.stresoil.com/intro.html | |
| TILMAN-ORG | ERANET | Reduced tillage and green manures for sustainable organic cropping systems – TILMAN-ORG | 2011 | 2014 | http://www.tilman-org.net/ | |
| TIMBRE | CP-FP | Tailored improvement of brownfield regeneration in Europe | 2010 | June 2014 | http://www.timbre-project.eu/ | |
| UMBRELLA | CP-FP | Using microbes for the regulation of heavy metal mobility at ecosystem and landscape scale: An integrative approcah for soil remediation by geobiological processes | 2009 | 2012 | http://www.umbrella.uni-jena.de/cms/index.php | |
| UPSOIL | CP-FP | Sustainable soil ugrading by developing cost-effective, biogeochemical remediation approaches | 2009 | Sept 2012 | http://www.upsoil.eu/ | Press Release, A promising breakthrough in soil remediation - the UPSOIL project findings (Dec 2011) and the latest Newsletter (Dec 2011). |
| VOLANTE | IP | Visions of land use transformations in Europe | 2010 | April 2015 | http://www.volante-project.eu/ |
Explanation of the "TYPE of PROJECT" Acronyms
IP: Integrated Project
STREP: Specific Targeted Research Projects
CA: Concerted Action
CSA: Coordination and Support Action
CP-FP: Small- or medium-scale focussed research project
ERANET-PLUS: EU financial support to facilitate joint calls for proposals between national and/or regional programmes
SSA: Specific Support Action
INCO: Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.
Other Types of Projects (LIFE+, eContentPlus, ....)
| Project ACRONYM | Type of project | TITLE - Brief Description | Start | End | Website | Final Report / Other Deliverables |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List of LIFE projects | LIFE+ | LIFE projects lead the way in sustainable soil management. | 2012 | - | http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/features/2012/soil_managmt.htm | |
| SOILPRO | LIFE+ | The SOILPRO project has the overall objective of halting soil degradation in EU Member States in line with the Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection. It will do this by encouraging co-operation between local authorities and research institutes within a transnational environment, as this can promote the development of spatial methodologies for monitoring and managing soil degradation. | 2010 | 2013 | http://www.soilpro.eu/en/home | |
| CircUse | ERDF | CircUse contributed to the objective of integrated development strategies and investments by providing a viable framework, action plans and pilot projects on land use management as precondition for private investments (pilot projects). In order to support European soil awareness a number of illustrations have been produced in various language. | 2010 | 2013 | http://www.circuse.eu/ | Illustrations (in 29 Languages) and Final Report |
| OSDDT | MED Programme (co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund) | Raise awareness among local agents of the adverse consequences for sustainable development of curent land use and consumption models. Encourage local agents to adopt technical and operational tools that support economic development affected by land use. |
2010 | 2013 | http://www.osddt.eu | |
| GS Soil | eContentplus | GS Soil aims at establishing a Best Practice Network dealing with a cluster of the data themes listed in the Annexes I to III of the INSPIRE Directive (2007/2/EC) and focused on soil related issues. | June 2009 | May 2012 | http://www.gssoil.eu/ | |
| URBAN-SMS | CENTRAL EUROPE Programme | URBAN SMS focuses on management of the resource soil in urban areas in order to steer the use of soils towards a sustainable way conserving the soil functions and eco-services as much as possible in order to support the regional development in the programme area. | October 2008 | March 2012 | http://www.urban-sms.eu/ | |
| CityChlor | INTERREG IVB North-West Europe (NWE) | CityChlor is a transnational cooperation project that aims to improve the quality and minimize the pollution of soil and groundwater. Our solution? An integrated approach to tackle the threats caused by contamination with chlorinated solvents in urban areas. | March 2013 | http://www.citychlor.eu/ |
Other Information sources
- EU-AGRINET : List of EU funded multi-partner projects in the area of agriculture and soil maintained by EU-AGRINET. Info: http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/projects/list_theme_10_en.htm
- EU CORDIS database results for 'soil' in project title or description
LIFE Projects: Although soil has not been a core theme of LIFE, the programme has funded many soil-related projects since its launch in 1992, and there has been an increasing focus on soil protection since the publication of the Thematic Strategy in 2006. LIFE has co-financed actions targeting erosion, landslides, contamination, loss of soil organic matter, sealing, compaction, and other soil management issues. This LIFE Focus publication thus provides an opportunity to highlight and assess LIFE's important contribution to date, including proposals for ways in which LIFE's outputs may be better channeled and have an even greater impact in future. The publication includes an overview of soil policy, analysis of LIFE's contribution to its implementation and interviews that link soil science to policy-making to practical action.
EU research - More information on research priorities and European RTD project: Soil and Sustainable - Land Use Management