The RECARE project began in 2014 and was funded under the EU 7th Framework Programme. The focus of RECARE was to investigate measures to prevent and remediate against soil degradation in Europe, and reached its grand conclusion on September 27th in Brussels with a final policy conference. With over 100 people in attendance the event brought together all of the 27 project partners and a wide range of stakeholders such as representatives from the European Commission, renowned soil scientists, NGOs and academics. A range of presentations, discussions and debates took place during the day, and this page presents the various outputs from the day.
The conference presented project findings on:
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effective strategies for prevention and remediation of soil threats and their uptake among land managers
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the impacts of European policies, and
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options for future policy responses
and offered an opportunity to discuss how RECARE results can influence the design of future European policies on soil protection.
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Further pictures from the day are available HERE |
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- A summary of the Policy Conference can be found HERE
- The official post-Policy Conference Press Release can be downloaded HERE
All presentation from the Policy Conference can be found in the following table
| No. | Authtor / Presenter | Presentation title | Size |
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| 1 | Rudi Hessel (Wageningen Environmental Research) | The RECARE project | 2Mb |
| 2 | Felicitas Bachmann (University of Bern) | RECARE Transdisciplinary approach | 5Mb |
| 3 | Martin Thorsøe (Aarhus University) | Subsoil compaction - a threat to soil ecosystem services | 1Mb |
| 4 | Francesco Morari (University of Padova) | A participatory approach to combat the decline of soil organic matter | 1Mb |
| 5 | Jan Jacob Keizer (University of Aveiro) | Mitigating soil erosion by water following wildfire | 2Mb |
| 6 | Hedwig van Delden (RIKS) | Upscaling of measures | 3Mb |
| 7 | Luuk Fleskens (Wageningen University) | Economics of soil threat remediation measures | 1Mb |
| 8 | Benjamin Görlach (EcoLogic) | Policy impact assessment - key findings | 2Mb |
| 9 | Ana Frelih-Larsen (EcoLogic) | Policy options | 1Mb |
RECARE policy briefs are available below
| Soil threat | Document title and authors |
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| Soil sealing |
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| Soil compaction | Subsoil compaction - A threat to sustainable food production and soil ecosystem services
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| Soil contamination | Remediating historical soil contamination
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| Final project brochure addressing all soil threats | Finding and sharing solutions to protect our soils (PT)
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