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Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection in the European Union

Learn about the European Union's strategy to protect soil from threats like contamination, erosion, and organic matter decline. Explore policy recommendations for monitoring, managing contaminated land, and harmonizing monitoring practices.

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Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection in the European Union

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  1. Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protectionin the European Union

  2. INTRODUCTION • Existing policies: air, water new  Thematic Strategy on Soil Protection • Basis: 6th Env. Action Progr. (EP, 2001) Soil communication (EC, 2002) • Soil threats: • contamination, erosion, decline in organic matter • sealing, compaction, decline in biodiversity, salinisation, floods and landslides

  3. SOIL THEMATIC STRATEGY – exp. outcome - • DIRECTIVE on SOIL MONITORING • Communication dealing with • erosion • decline in organic matter • soil contamination • Soil  sludge and biowaste directive

  4. SOIL THEMATIC STRATEGY(Nov 2002 – May 2004) Advisory Forum Commission InterserviceWG Technical co-ordination group and secretariat DG ENV TWG 1 Monitoring TWG 2 Erosion TWG 3 Organic matter TWG 4 Contamination TWG5 Research point sources diffuse sources CLM

  5. TWG CONTAMINATION- Tasks - • Extent of soil contamination in the enlarged EU • Strategies for solutions • Point sources • Diffuse sources • Contaminated land management • Large scale air and water pollution • Identify added value of action at the EU level • Define what should be monitored • Make a research agenda

  6. CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT - Background - • CLM = cross-cutting issue (soil, water, spatial planning, waste, liability) • Common Forum on Contam. Land in Europe • EU Concerted Actions on CLM: • CARACAS & CLARINET (1996 – 2001) • results: RBLM Concept; research priorities • Our goal: integrate results in EU Soil Strategy

  7. CLM POLICY Recommendations • PPP not always possible for historical contam.  state aid regulation • Legal basis for public availability of soil quality data  report on land status • Contam. Land Policy comprise both soil and groundwater contamination  groundwater directive, liability directive • Incentives for RA harmonisation principles • Formal basis for RBLM concept

  8. MONITORING Recommendations • General: Action-driven monitoring • Integration with existing reporting activities • Step-by–step implementation and harmonisation • Guidance for national monitoring schemes • Specific on CLM: • Monitoring of national contaminated sites programmes (indicators: no. of sites; surface unfit for current and future uses) • Megasites related to EU regional development (site-specific information)

  9. INFORMATION SOURCES • CIRCA: http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/env/Home/main (Click 1st on Soil Policy, 2nd library) • CLARINET: http://www.clarinet.at • CONSOIL 2005 in Bordeaux (France): http://www.consoil.de

  10. CURRENT STATUS • Final editing of reports end of this week • DG ENV consolidates to policy information • New Commission by 1st Sept. 2004 • New Commission will decide how to proceed with EU soil policy

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