EIONET vs ESDAC

In the context of the development of the ESDAC by the JRC, considered as a focal point for soil related data in Europe, it was jointly decided by EEA and JRC that all soil data management activities carried out by EEA in collaboration with EIONET will be transferred to the JRC. Find more information about the "EIONET National Reference Centres for Soil" and the "EIONET Workshop on Soil".
 

Modelling arsenic hazard in groundwater in Cambodia

Arsenic in shallow groundwaters extensively utilized for drinking, irrigation and/cooking in many parts of the world, including Cambodia, represents a major environmental hazard. In the framework of the Marie-Curie Network AQUATRAIN, the JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) has completed a new full assessment for the distribution of arsenic in groundwater and soils in Cambodia. This exercise is part of the wider programme for the mapping of the distribuition of geochemicals in soils and waters on a global scale as part of the future Global Soil Information System (GLOSIS) of the JRC.
 

Georeferenced Maps

The Joint Research Centre, IES, SOIL Action in the context of the European Digital Archive of Soil Maps (EUDASM) proceeds by georeferencing the digitised National Soil Maps. Some of the digitised maps are Georeferenced and the added value product is a zipped TIFF File. Please visit this section regularly as more and more Georeferenced maps will be available in the near future.
 

Digital Soil Mapping (DSM)

Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) is the main exploratory research thematic of the SOIL Action. Digital Soil Mapping is the creation and the population of a geographically referenced soil databases generated at a given resolution by using field and laboratory observation methods coupled with environmental data through quantitative relationships
 

Environment and Soil Management Award

The European Landowners Organization (ELO) under the patronage of Commissioner for the Environment Stavros DIMAS, under the auspices of the European Commission (DG ENVIRONMENT and the Joint Research Centre) and in association with the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences of Vienna (BOKU), Syngenta International AG, as well as the Centre for Soil and Environmental Sciences of the Ljubljana University, is proud to launch the call for proposal for the "Environment and Soil Management Award".