Soil Policy Briefs
Agriculture
| Title (Institution) | Year | Ressource |
| Soil biological indicators for monitoring soil health (EJP Soil) | 2025 | link |
| A framework for setting soil health targets and thresholds in agricultural soils (EJP Soil) | 2024 | link |
| From Risk to Resilience: Policy challenges for soil erosion control (EJP Soil) | 2024 | link |
| Prevention and recovery of compacted soils: Recommendations for EU policymakers (EJP Soil) | 2024 | link |
| Access to land: Are we losing the European plot? (CEJA) | 2023 | link |
| Enhancing opportunities for agroecological transformations of farming and food systems in Europe—addressing missing links (AE4EU) | 2023 | link |
| Farm Accountancy to Farm Sustainability (H2020 MAGIC) | 2020 | link |
| Sustainable Soil Management (SOILS4EU) | 2019 | link |
| Agricultural soils: practices and transition pathways to improve ecosystem service provision (SNOWMAN Network) | 2016 | link |
| Soil as natural capital: Agricultural production, soil fertility and farmers economy (SoilService project) | link |
Awareness & Communication
| Title (Institution) | Year | Ressource |
| Considering citizens' attitudes towards countryside management (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Empowering grassland farmers to demonstrate ecosystem service delivery (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Improving communication about permanent grasslands in Europe (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Successful stakeholder participation to address soil needs (EJP Soil) | 2023 | link |
| Soil science in higher education in Europe: Current state and recommendations (EJP Soil) | 2022 | link |
| Soil as environmental and cultural heritage and the importance of soil protection (MEMOLA) | 2016 | link |
Forestry
| Title (Institution) | Year | Ressource |
| Forest resilience and disturbance: What role does biodiversity play? (EFI) | 2025 | link |
| Forest soil challenges in Europe: solutions through sustainable forest management and monitoring (LUKE) | 2025 | link |
| Combating health problems with urban forests (EFI) | 2024 | link |
| Continuous cover forestry in northern boreal forests: opportunities and challenges (LUKE) | 2024 | link |
| Forest resilience and disturbance: What role does biodiversity play? (EFI) | 2024 | link |
| How can carbon farming in forests contribute to carbon neutrality? (EFI) | 2024 | link |
| How to strengthen the European forest carbon sink through prestoration: integrating active restoration and adaptation (EFI) | 2024 | link |
| Towards competitive sustainability and well-being of people from European forests (LUKE) | 2024 | link |
| Forest soils can increase climate change mitigation with targeted management (EFI) | 2023 | link |
| Environmental impacts of modern wood buildings (EFI) | 2023 | link |
| Environmental impacts of wood-based textile fibres (EFI) | 2023 | link |
| How to govern Europe’s forests for multiple Forest Ecosystem Services? (EFI) | 2023 | link |
| Significant increase in forest disturbances since 1950s (EFI) | 2023 | link |
| How can forests and wood use help meet climate goals? (EFI) | 2022 | link |
| How can we effectively maintain and enhance forest biodiversity in Europe? (EFI) | 2022 | link |
Land use
| Title (Institution) | Year | Ressource |
| Feasibility of innovative grassland management across Europe (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Innovative permament grass management options and ecosystem service delivery (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Impact of land use change and management of permanent grasslands (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Impacts of liming grasslands (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Role of cultural ecosystems in permanent grasslands (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Understanding farmer priorities and preferences for permanent grassland managment (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
Legislation
| Title (Institution) | Year | Ressource |
| How to advance the implementation of the EU Soil Monitoring Law? (EFI) | 2025 | link |
| White paper on Recommendations for EU Policies Updating (SoildiverAgro) | 2025 | link |
| Policy approaches for sustainable permanent grasslands (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Eco-Schemes in EU Member States Could Benefit from More Agroecology (AE4EU) | 2023 | link |
| 10 Steps to Achieve the European Green Deal (AE4EU) | 2022 | link |
| Improving Eco-Schemes in the Light Of Agroecology: Key Recommendations for the 2023-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (AE4EU) | 2022 | link |
Peatlands & Wetlands
Regional Policy Advice
| Title (Institution) | Year | Ressource |
| Atlantic Central pedoclimatic region, Belgium (SoildiverAgro) | 2025 | link |
| Boreal pedoclimatic region, Finland (SoildiverAgro) | 2025 | link |
| Continental pedoclimatic region, Germany (SoildiverAgro) | 2025 | link |
| Lusitanian pedoclimatic region, Spain (SoildiverAgro) | 2025 | link |
| Mediterranean South pedoclimatic region, Spain (SoildiverAgro) | 2025 | link |
| Nemoral pedoclimatic region, Estonia (SoildiverAgro) | 2025 | link |
Research and Funding
| Title (Institution) | Year | Ressource |
| Considering economic drivers of farmer behaviour (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| Enhancing communication on PG-based farming systems across Europe (SUPER-G) | 2024 | link |
| How can we make Payments for Environmental Services work? (EFI) | 2024 | link |
| European Network for Agroecological Food Systems (AE4EU) | 2023 | link |
| How to Value and Fund Agroecological Transformation (AE4EU) | 2023 | link |
| Establishing an effective European network of Agroecology Living Labs: Entry points from a farmland biodiversity perspective (AE4EU) | 2023 | link |
| Fostering the transformative role of agroecological research in Europe (AE4EU) | 2022 | link |
Soil Carbon and Climate Change
| Title (Institution) | Year | Ressource |
| Baselines - Discussion note from the MARVIC consortium (MARVIC) | 2024 | link |
| Towards a regulation on carbon removals in the EU: lessons learned from existing experiences (EJP Soil) | 2024 | link |
| Preliminary note: Recommendations to the CRCF methodology for mineral soils and agroforestry for strengthening the uncertainty reporting (MARVIC) | 2024 | link |
| CRCF: recommendations on 8 key points regarding baselines, based on the amended version of the CRCF of 11/10/2023 by the MARVIC project consortium (MARVIC) | 2023 | link |
| MARVIC note on double counts: Discussion on potential conflicting views between the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) and corporate reporting | 2023 | link |
| When does soil carbon contribute to climate change mitigation? (EJP Soil) | 2024 | link |
| How to better integrate soil management practices into climate change adaption strategies (EJP Soil) | 2022 | link |
| Soil and crop management practices for climate adaption (EJP Soil) | 2022 | link |
| Soil as part of climate solution - agricultural policy reform to promote climate-smart agriculture (LUKE) | 2021 | link |
| Ways to control carbon (ISO) | 2016 | link |
| Incentives for soil carbon management: how can they impact biodiversity and food production? (CCI Soils) | 2012 | link |
Soil Monitoring
Soil Threats
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