| This Soil Portal contributes
to a thematic data infrastructure for soils in Europe. It presents data
and information regarding soils at European level. It connects to activities
within JRC concerning soil (JRC SOIL Action). It serves also as a vehicle
to promote the activities of the European Soil Bureau Network. Spatial
data collection and processing within this infrastructure is performed
according to emerging ideas behind the INSPIRE (Infrastructure for Spatial
Information in Europe) initiative.
- European
Soil Data Center: is one of the ten environmental data centres
in Europe and is the focal point for soil data at European level.
- Soil
at JRC: Soil activities within the JRC are concentrated in a specific
JRC Action, called FP7 "Soil Data and Information Systems" or SOIL.
- Documents - Publications:
European Soil Bureau Research Reports, JRC Scientific and Technical
Reports, Papers in Journals, Publications in Conferences, Posters
and Publications in CD-ROMs, Glossary of Soil Terms.
- Soil Projects: many past and current
projects relate to the soil activities of JRC .
- Soil Themes: covers various results for
different soil themes such as Erosion, soil Organic Carbon Content,
Salinisation, Landslides, Soil Compaction, Biodiversity and soil Contamination.
- European Soil Bureau
Network (ESBN): is a network of soil institutes supporting the
JRC soil activities
- Events - Presentations
in various events(Conferences, Workshops, Meetings, Summer Schools)
which are related to the work that the Land Management Unit is doing
in relation to the European Soil Bureau Network. Calendar of future
events is also available.
- What's new? chronology of
items added to this soil portal. Get the NEWS either in Atom
or XML
or 
format and the monthly Newsletters.
- Utilities
- Various : A mailing list has been set up in
order to keep interested persons up to date with the latest contents
on this site. Other Tools such as the Search Engine are also available.
- Team
- Action SOIL: the people at JRC behind the soil activities.
- Links:
key pointers to soil related bodies and International Organisations
World Soil Day: 5th December
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Highlights
Post-Doc on Landslides:
- (13/11/08) A post-doctoral research position on landslide hazard and risk assessment is open at Ispra, Italy (Post-Doc Category 30, Ref. no.
IES-300851).
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Call for Proposals:.
- (10/10/08) European Commission, 7th Framework Programme, GESSOL research programme... more
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DIGISOIL.
- (30/09/08) The multidisciplinary DIGISOIL consortium intends to
integrate and improve in situ and proximal measurement technologies
... more
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Environment and Soil Management Award.
- (30/09/08) The Environment and Soil Management Award has been created by ELO, under the patronage of Commissioner DIMAS... more
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Eurosoil 2008 - Presentations.
- (18/09/08) The 2008 edition of the EUROSOIL congress, attracting over 1500 soil scientists from 77 countries. more
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Threats to Soil Quality in Europe.
- (17/09/08) The special session during EUROSOIL 2008 dedicated to the threats to soil quality in Europe has allowed for an indepth analysis of the status of research. more
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Wind Erosion.
- (13/08/08) Average field shape parameters are important for estimating
wind erosion risk. Download the maps..more
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Download the
Soils of the European Union Report.
- (05/08/08) This report is based on the information contained in
the European Soil Database, the result of more than ten years ...more
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Download the Saline
and Sodic Soils Map.
- (31/07/08) The Saline and Sodic Soils Map shows the area distribution
of saline, sodic and potentially salt affected areas within the European
Union...more
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Download
the Soil Atlas
- (30/06/08) The Soil Atlas of Europe is also available for download.
Atlas pages are to be downloaded individually.... more
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Working
Group on Soil Biodiversity
- (27/06/08) The JRC has formed in middle 2008 a Biodiversity expert
group to provide it with advice and assistance. more
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