Mission and Objectives

The mission of the ESP is to facilitate and contribute to the exchange of knowledge and technologies about soils, its sustainable management and monitoring with a view to improve soil functioning for food security, ecosystem services, and for mitigating climate change and other hazards. In Europe, many regional networks exist with specialized focus such as research, conservation agriculture, soil awareness, while others represent stakeholders and drivers (farmers, advisors, producers).

The main objectives of the ESP are:
a) support the implementation of the Six Action Areas as identified by the Global Soil Partnership (GSP);
b) support ESP region-specific aspects related to the Global Soil Protection Agenda;
c) support other European soil-related activities through transparent communication and summary of outcomes

The European Soil Partnership (ESP) was established in October 2013 during the second Global Soil Week, with the aim to bring all networks and soil related activities under a common framework. The ESP operates according to its own Terms of Reference (2016) (update is in preparation).

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The Partnership is open to institutions and stakeholders willing to actively contribute to sustainable soil management in Europe.
Partners commit to engage actively in promoting participation and ensuring effective empowerment of the ESP; any interested party can join this partnership upon registration as GSP member. Any European GSP member is automatically member of the ESP. Any other interested partner to the ESP can receive dissiminated information upon the ESPs-extented contact list. Please contact the secretariat.

See the list of partners.

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