Soil Atlas of Europe Launch

WELCOME

Prof. Manfred Grasserbauer

The Institute for Environment and SustainabilityIspra, Italy

a Research Based Policy Support Provider

Policy Context

•Sustainable use of natural resources •Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection

The importance of soil

“Gardens need fertile soil for plants to grow. Logically, in order for the garden of Eden to exist, soil must have been a higher priority during

Creation.”

Primary School Discussion!

“Man…despite his artistic pretensions and many

accomplishments, owes his existence to a thin layer of topsoil

…and the fact that it rains”.

Old Chinese Proverb

JRC’s Mission is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies …

…the JRC functions as a centre of science and technology reference for the EU, independent of special interests, private and national

How can the JRC/IES help?

The Organisation of the JRC7 Institutes in 5 Member States 2300 staff 300 M€/y budget + 40 M€ income

IE - Petten The Netherlands-Institute for Energy

IRMM - Geel Belgium- Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements

ITU - Karlsruhe Germany - Institute for Transuranium Elements

IPSC - IHCP - IES - Ispra Italy - Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen- Institute for Health and Consumer Protection- Institute for Environment and Sustainability

IPTS - Seville Spain- Institute for Prospective Technological Studies

1000 partners in networks + 1500 partners in indirect actions

The IES aims...

to provide Scientific & Technical support to EUpolicies for the Protection of the

Environment,and

to contribute to the EU Strategy on SustainableDevelopment

Institute for Environment and Sustainability

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ALTERRA

CSES

EUROPEAN SOIL BUREAU NETWORK

NSRI

Soil data

Raising awareness of soil issues

Making soil data available

European Soil

Information System

Users

Thank you for your interest!

Remember to collect your copy of the atlas during lunch.