Healthy soils are essential for achieving climate neutrality and providing healthy food. The publication of the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 and the proposed Soil Monitoring Law marked a major milestone for soil protection in the EU. It also highlighted the importance of the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) as the principal provider of soil-related data and knowledge at EU-level. The present report highlights the main activities of the EUSO in 2023. Through its activities in 2023, the EUSO provided policy support to a wide range of policy areas, including the proposed Soil Monitoring Law. The EUSO also launched the EU Soil Health Dashboard, a comprehensive and easy understandable monitor of the state of soil health in the EU. Furthermore, in 2023, the EUSO contributed to sharing data and knowledge about EU soils, supported soil research and innovation, and supported citizen engagements regarding soil matters. The activities of the Working Groups in 2023, a key element of the EUSO, included providing policy support, advancing scientific knowledge, and stimulating the integration of data. The present report also summarizes the EUSO’s activities planned in 2024. The EUSO will continue to provide policy support, e.g. on soil health assessment and soil monitoring. The EUSO Soil Health Dashboard will be updated with new available data and functionalities. In addition, the EUSO will continue to collaborate with Mission Soil research and innovation projects and continue to raise soil awareness among citizens.
BROOTHAERTS Nils;
PANAGOS Panagiotis;
ARIAS NAVARRO Cristina;
BALLABIO Cristiano;
BELITRANDI Daniele;
BREURE Timo;
DE MEDICI Daniela;
DE ROSA Daniele;
FENDRICH Arthur;
HAVENGA Christopher;
KOENINGER Julia;
KREISELMEIER Janis;
LABOUYRIE Maeva;
LIAKOS Leonidas;
MARÉCHAL Anne;
MARTIN JIMENEZ Juan;
MATTHEWS Francis;
MICHAILIDIS Vasileios;
MONTANARELLA Luca;
MUNTWYLER Anna;
ORGIAZZI Alberto;
SCARPA Simone;
SCHILLACI Calogero;
SIMOES VIEIRA Diana;
VAN EYNDE Elise;
VAN LIEDEKERKE Marc;
WOJDA Piotr;
YUNTA MEZQUITA Felipe;
JONES Arwyn;
Broothaerts, N., Panagos, P., Arias Navarro, C., Ballabio, C., Belitrandi, D., Breure, T., De Medici, D., De Rosa, D., Fendrich, A., Havenga, C., Koeninger, J., Kreiselmeier, J., Labouyrie, M., Liakos, L., Maréchal, A., Martin Jimenez, J., Matthews, F., Michailidis, V., Montanarella, L., Muntwyler, A., Orgiazzi, A., Scarpa, S., Schillaci, C., Simoes Vieira, D., Van Eynde, E., Van Liedekerke, M., Wojda, P., Yunta Mezquita, F. and Jones, A., EUSO annual bulletin 2023, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2024, doi:10.2760/46142, JRC137235.
2024-03-27
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC137235
978-92-68-14188-5 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31893 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-893-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC137235,
10.2760/46142 (online),
