This report investigates the intricate interplay between drivers of changes in soil health and pressures and impacts on soil in the 32 European Environment Agency (EEA) member countries, along with six cooperating countries from the West Balkans, Ukraine and UK, shedding light on the...

This report investigates the intricate interplay between drivers of changes in soil health and pressures and impacts on soil in the 32 European Environment Agency (EEA) member countries, along with six cooperating countries from the West Balkans, Ukraine and UK, shedding light on the...

The 'Soil Country Analyses' series is the outcome of a collaboration between the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EIONET countries and the European Soil Data Centre from the IES-JRC. In order to overcome the general scarceness of information on soil at European scale and to include...

The 'Soil Country Analyses' series is the outcome of a collaboration between the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EIONET countries and the European Soil Data Centre from the IES-JRC. In order to overcome the general scarceness of information on soil at European scale and to include...

Nearly all of the food and fibres used by humans are produced on soil. Soil is also essential for water and ecosystem health. It is second only to the oceans as a global carbon sink, with an important role in the potential slowing of climate change. Soil functions depend on a multitude of soil...

Land use shapes our environment in positive and negative ways. Productive land is a critical resource for food and biomass production and land use strongly influences soil erosion and soil functions such as carbon storage. Land management largely determines the beauty of Europe's landscapes. It...

The 'Soil Country Analyses' series is the outcome of a collaboration between the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EIONET countries and the European Soil Data Centre from the IES-JRC. In order to overcome the general scarceness of information on soil at European scale and to include...

This document contains the Proceedings of the Expert Consultation: "Review and inter-comparison of modelling land use change effects of bioenergy", held in Paris, on 29 - 30 January 2009. This meeting was organised by the Sustainability of Bioenergy Action of the Institute for Energy (IE), Joint...

Europe's agricultural landscapes provide highly varied living conditions for many plants and animals. In the early nineties the general characteristics of low-input farming systems were described in terms of biodiversity and management practices and introduced the term high nature value...