Action Area 1: Sustainably manage and restore soils for the provision of ecosystem services
Many information sources exist for a regional guideline or are under development.
Because of the diversity of soil and management conditions, any specific guideline must address application conditions for practices.
Initiatives & information sources:
EIP Agri: Agricultural Knowledge & Innovation Systems (AKIS)
EU research projects (EJP Soils and others)
Towards a European guideline for Sustainable Soil Management capacity is needed:
to collect and synthesize available knowledge
to actively anticipate where knowledge is currently being developed
to select and populate a proper information platform
European Soil Partnership: Towards a regional guideline for Sustainable Soil Management (SSM)
⇒ Own capacity is needed
⇒ Synergies are to be used (EU research projects)
In the following chart you find Instruments and Guidelines on the level of Countries, EU, Europe and Subregions that can lead to a regional Guideline for SSM.
Country-level | EU | Europe | Subregions | |
Instruments | EU + non-EU The Soil Wiki(EU Login required) is an overview of soil policies in EU Member States. Instruments EU legislation | EU regulatory framework on carbon removals Other strategies & policies carbon farming, eco-schemes, GAEC | Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe | Regional conventions |
Guidelines | Best practices of sustainable soil use | Technical guidance on carbon farming National guidelines on cross-compliance | Alpine: Soil management practices in the Alps: 17 case studies
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