Healthy soils are essential to meet climate and biodiversity goals under the European Green Deal.

Part of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, this initiative will update the current strategy to address soil degradation and preserve land resources (‘land degradation neutrality’).

The goals are to:

• protect soil fertility
• reduce erosion and sealing
• increase organic matter
• identify contaminated sites
• restore degraded soils
• define what constitutes ‘good ecological status’ for soils.

The Commission has therefore launched a public consultation whose details can be viewed HERE

Source: European Commission