Tag: EU Soil Strategy

• We need strong agreement from the EU’s Soil Monitoring Law negotiations

  The first EU Soil Monitoring Law is a timid but vital step towards addressing soil degradation - but without fast, decisive, and coordinated action the situation will only worsen. In this joint letter, ECOS writes to negotiators ahead of the final scheduled political trilogue emphasising, once again, the urgent need for an ambitious agreement on the first ever EU law on soils - setting the course for healthy soils across Europe by 2050.

• NGO recommendations for trilogue negotiations on the Soil Monitoring Law

  Currently, over 60% of soils are undergoing degradation processes. One of the major causes of this is the lack of a dedicated EU legislative framework. Read our 10 key policy recommendations for the upcoming trilogue negotiations on the Soil Monitoring Law.

• Priorities for EU soil policy for the new EU mandate

  In this joint briefing we highlight the critical role that healthy soils play in supporting ecosystems, society and the economy, their degraded state, and the urgent need for robust EU soil governance, specifically an ambitious Soil Monitoring Law and a roadmap for the implementation of the EU Soil Strategy for 2030. Along with other diverse environmental organisations, we are advocating for ambitious EU soil governance.