{"id":4209,"date":"2021-02-25T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/articles\/ue-missione-suolo-innovazioni-agricoltura\/"},"modified":"2021-03-02T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T09:08:01","slug":"eu-soil-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resoilfoundation.org\/en\/environment\/eu-soil-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Laws, innovations, agriculture: time to take care of EU soil with concrete measures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EU’s Mission Soil has been officially launched in Italy. Living Labs, Lighthouses and the role of farmers: we need good practices against degradation and soil sealing. But also political decisions including a new law to protect the soil<\/h2>\n

By Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n

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Climate is changing, crisis is coming and the European soil isn’t feeling so well itself. Data say it all – there are almost 3 million contaminated sites<\/strong> in Europe – while serious threats – including erosion and soil sealing, not to mention the rest – remain. The good news is that the EU<\/strong> has a detailed plan. But time is running out and we need to act now with practical initiatives in accordance with the mission of Soil Health and Food<\/strong>. That’s the message from the speakers at the meeting “Caring for soil is caring for life<\/a>“, organized by the Ministry of University in collaboration with APRE<\/a>, the Agency for the Promotion of European Research. The goal is to introduce the details of the EU soil mission<\/a>, one of the five initiatives within the framework program Horizon.<\/p>\n