Case in point

Summer is officially here, and our project is also warming up!

In June, we organised a series of activities with the participation of the end users of ECHO soil data. Before this happened, each ECHO partner taking part in this endeavour identified a target group and a case, which is particularly important for their region. Those cases became the main theme of these activities. Here are some of the cases we dug into:

Forest soil health in forest policy development

Soil mapping and monitoring for regulatory and policy purposes

Fostering research on agricultural soil health

Soil health and development of policies focused on agrosystems

Soil health and producers’ engagement in extensive production systems

Forest ecosystems and soil health

Agricultural soil health in Mediterranean agricultural production systems

Promoting society’s interest in soil health and fostering their interest in soil-related data and soil education

The key role of soil ecosystem services in supporting circular agriculture

This series of activities included surveys, workshops, webinars, and discussions. We talked about:

Why is soil data important?

How is soil data used, or how could it be used? ​

What kind of soil data should be available? ​

The results of these activities will soon be available on our website. For now, enjoy a few “postcards” from ECHO!