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The European Union will adopt specific legislation for soil protection<\/strong> starting with the proposed law that will be finalized by the Commission<\/strong> in 2023<\/strong>. The Wednesday 17th announcement<\/a> now opens the door to the long-awaited Nature Restoration Law<\/strong> which, according to Brussels, will provide soil with the same legal protection already granted to water, air and sea, as already demanded<\/a> by the European Parliament last April.<\/p>\n “Our strategy will allow the soil to become healthy, to be used in a sustainable way and to receive the legal protection it needs,” said European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans<\/strong>.\u00a0According to the draft plan, which sits alongside programs to tackle deforestation and promote waste recycling<\/a>, the EU plans to form a new, enlarged group of experts to develop some detailed proposals.<\/p>\n Today, we have adopted new proposals to: <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfde\ufe0f stop deforestation These are tools to move to a circular economy, protect nature and climate, and lift environmental standards in the \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa and the world.#EUGreenDeal<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XRBqbUOYDu<\/a><\/p>\n — European Commission \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa (@EU_Commission) November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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