Healthy soils are essential for our environment and society, as soils deliver crucial ecosystem services. The publication of the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 and the Soil Monitoring Law marked major milestones for soil protection and restoration in the EU. In parallel, the Mission Soil aims to...

This study aims to bring forward a preliminary assessment of policy options for a possible review of the Sewage Sludge Directive. The main problem identified is that current sludge management is not fully aligned with current EU policy objectives, particularly on environmental and human health...

This report presents a pan‐European perspective on the state soil in Europe in light of available data held within the European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC) and the research activities within the Joint Research Centre's Soil Action. Managed by the JRC on behalf of EU institutions, the ESDAC...

Clay minerals are a key factor in mineral soils as they are controlling physic, chemical and biological soil properties. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis has been widely used to identify and quantify minerals in earth science The aim of this research is to describe the clay minerals in soils...

Shocks to health have been shown to reduce labour supply for the individual affected. Less is known about household self-insurance through a partner’s response to a health shock. Previous studies have presented inconclusive empirical evidence on the existence of a health-related `added worker...

Both health and income inequalities have been shown to be much greater in Britain than in Germany. One of the main reasons seems to be the difference in the relative position of the retired, who, in Britain, are much more concentrated in the lower income groups. Inequality analysis reveals that...

Tla so edinstven naravni vir, ključen za pridelavo hrane in ostale biomase in predstavljajo nenadomestljiv del ekosistemov. Imajo tudi številne druge okoljske, socioekonomske in prostorske funkcije. Sprejemajo, zadržujejo in filtrirajo vodo in pline (CO2, O2, CH4, ...), predstavljajo...