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Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Balance Methods as Practice-applicable Tools for Environmental Impact Assessment and Farm Management Support (SOMpatic)
Date:
20/11/2013
Excerpt:
An international workshop on the evaluation of soil organic matter balance methods (SOM balances) will take place on 20-22 November, 2013 in Giessen, Germany. Final Report EU - Project Soilservice
Date:
31/05/2012
Excerpt:
The final report of the EU-Project 'Soilservice' is now available on the website of Lund University. The report analyses negative impacts of agricultural practice in the EU on soil quality and biodiversity. In doing so, it aims to provide a basis for future policy-making in the scope of the Common Agricultural Policy & Environmental Policy. New Reports on Attempts to Resurrect Soil Proposal
Date:
21/02/2012
Excerpt:
The European Commission has published two reports on the condition of EU soils. This may help resurrect the draft directive on the topic which stalled some years ago in the face of opposition from some of the Member States. Conference: “Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Mountain Areas"
Date:
15/11/2011
Excerpt:
The University of Hohenheim, Germany, is organising a conference on sustainable land use and rural development in mountain areas. This conference takes places in the framework of the "Uplands Program". The deadline for registration is 15 Feburary, 2012. Green Groups Renew Calls For Soil Directive
Date:
20/10/2011
Excerpt:
None of the arguments used by member states to oppose the European Commission's plans for a soil framework directive stands up to scrutiny, according a report recently published by the European Environmental Bureau and the German League for Nature and Environment. Wageningen Soil Meeting: Soil Science in a Changing World
Date:
18/09/2011
Excerpt:
In this conference the importance of soils and soil science for combating the problems that are faced around the globe will be discussed. The first edition of the Wageningen Soil Meetings will address the importance of soil scientific knowledge for global issues. ...
FoSW Symposium - Ecosystem Services in Soil and Water Research
Date:
07/06/2011
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The graduate school Focus on Soils and Water warmly invites PhD-students and researchers to participate in the symposium ‘Ecosystem Services in soil and water research’. The conference aims at encouraging interdisciplinary research as well as education on the topic. Soil - SOER Thematic Assessment 2010
Date:
28/03/2011
Excerpt:
The European Environment Agency and the European Commission Joint Research Center have recently published a new report on soil in Europe. It studies the current state of affairs, threats from over-use or degredation, as well as the legislation for the protection of soil that has been proposed at EU level.