Privacy statement | Legal notice | Contact | Search
European Commission > Joint Research Centre > Institute for Environment and Sustainability > Land Resource Management Unit

Soil Datasets > Maps > Soil Atlas of Europe > Events

Soil Atlas of Europe Wins Prestigious Golden Sickle Prize

Place: Nitra, Slovak Republic
Time: 8 November 2005

The Soil Atlas of Europe, produced by the MOSES Action of the IES Soil and Waste Unit, in collaboration with the European Soil Bureau Network, has been awarded the prestigious Golden Sickle prize at the 2005 Agrokomplex International Agricultural and Food Fair recently held in Nitra in the Slovak Republic. Find more information about it

Soil Atlas of Europe Launch

Place:One Great George Street, Westminster,London, UK
Time: October 18th 2005, 10:00 – 1300
Find below the Announcement and the Confirmation of Attendance.

Within the framework of the United Kingdom's Presidency of the European Union, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, the European Soil Bureau Network and the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) are organising the public launch of the first ever SOIL ATLAS OF EUROPE.

Produced as a collaborative project by the JRC and a team of leading European soil scientists to help raise public awareness of the need to protect soil resources, this unique document explains the importance of soil to society and clearly shows how soil type and properties vary throughout Europe.

The Atlas will be launched by Lord Bach of Lutterworth, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords) for Sustainable Farming and Food at DEFRA on October 18th (10:00-13:00 hrs) at One Great George Street, Westminster, London . It would be a great pleasure if you would be able to join us at this important event.

Joint Research Centre (JRC) Exhibition at the European Parliament

The Soil Atlas was presented in one of the Scientific Presentations

Place: Espace Bar, 3ème étage ASP – JRC Common Space Stand, European Parliamant , Brussels
Time: 27 - 28 April 2005

Find the agenda of presentations

The full text of the press release can be found here

 

Important legal notice
© European Communities, 1995-
Last updated:

European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Contacts:
Marc Van Liedekerke(tel. +39-0332-785179)
Panos Panagos (tel. +39-0332-785574)