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European soil condition

Author, TitleYearRessource Link
EU-FarmBook (EU-wide open source interactive database) eufarmbook.eu/en
JRC farming practices library (environmental and climate effects of different farming methods)2025datam.jrc.ec.europa.eu/datam/mashup/JRC_FP_EVIDENCE_LIBRARY/index.html
Global status of salt-affected soils (FAO)2024openknowledge.fao.org/items/3fba222a-e820-4d1e-a736-12cbef53d699
The Soil Atlas 2024: Facts and figures about a vital resource (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, TMG Think Thank for Sustainability)2024eu.boell.org/en/SoilAtlas-PDF
Synthesis Report in the Environmental and Health Impacts of Pesticides and Fertilizers and Ways to Minimize Them (United Nations Environment Programme, FAO, WHO)2022fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/soils/publications/pesticides.pdf
Global Status of Black Soils (FAO)2022openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/a363b8ca-6856-4e57-8907-fdac9b911b78/content
European Commission: EU Soil Strategy for 20302021environment.ec.europa.eu/publications/eu-soil-strategy-2030_en
Report of the Global Soil Partnership (Committee on Agriculture)2020fao.org/3/nd413en/nd413en.pdf
Caring for soil is caring for life – Ensure 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for healthy food, people, nature and climate (European Commission)2020research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/knowledge-publications-tools-and-data/publications/all-publications/caring-soil-caring-life_en
European Environment Agency: The European environment - state and outlook 2020 Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe (SOER 2020)
 
2019eea.europa.eu/soer/2020
Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas (European Commission, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative)2019esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/global-soil-biodiversity-atlas
Opportunities for soil sustainability in Europe (European Academies' Science Advisory Council, Policy report 36)2018easac.eu/fileadmin/PDF_s/reports_statements/EASAC_Soils_complete_Web-ready_210918.pdf
Technical Guidance handbook - setting up and implementing result-based carbon farming mechanisms in the EU (COWI, Ecologic Institute, IEEP)2018rbpnetwork.eu/media/technical-guidance-handbook-on-carbon-farming.pdf
Soil threats in Europe: status, methods, drivers and effects on ecosystem services; a review report, deliverable 2.1 of the RECARE project (Joint Research Centre, technical report)2015esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-threats-europe-status-methods-drivers-and-effects-ecosystem-services
Status of the World’s Soil Resources (SWSR): main report, prepared by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (Intergovernmental Technical Panel on soils)2015fao.org/3/i5199e/i5199e.pdf
The Soil Atlas 2015: Facts and figures about earth, land and fields (Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies)2015gsf.globalsoilweek.org/soilatlas
Soil Atlas of Europe (European Soil Bureau Network, European Commission)2005esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Projects/Soil_Atlas/Download/Atlas.pdf

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