Status and prospect of soil information in south-eastern Europe : soil databases, projects and applications

This report is an output of the JRC's European Soil Bureau Network workshop that was held at the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb, Croatia in period from 28-30 of September 2006. The objective of this workshop was to gather key players in the development and/or implementation of soil protection policy, soil survey, soil monitoring and soil information systems and discuss further strengthening of collaborations between the countries of south-eastern Europe and JRC. This report gives an overview of the activities considering the organization of the soil data and soil protection policies in the countries of south-eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia. In addition, several chapters were contributed by Digital Soil Mapping groups from the region. The methodology presented sets a basis for further work on production of soil geoinformation systems, dissemination of soil information and its utilization for decision making, both at regional, national and European levels.