European soil monitoring and assessment framework

This report contains a summary of EEA work on the development of a European soil monitoring and assessment framework for soil since 1999. The framework is being designed as a basis for the work needed to support policy developments within the European Community as well as the EEA reporting activities on soil. In particular the report contains the proceedings and summarises the results of an EIONET workshop organised by the European Topic Centre on Soil in Vienna in November 1999, which started off the development of the framework.