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EU Soil Observatory

The principal provider of reference data and knowledge at EU-level for all matters relating to soil.

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Technical Working Groups

The EUSO Working Groups (WG) are a key element of the EUSO and consist of topical experts from academia, businesses and policy, who come together to discuss technical advances in their specific topic.

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The EUSO Working Groups (WG) are a key element of the EUSO
and consist of topical experts from academia, businesses and policy,
who come together to discuss technical advances in their specific topic.

There are seven WG:

Find more about the working groups in the EUSO annual report

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Technical Working Groups: Erosion

Develop an object oriented (bottom-up) approach for estimating soil erosion and erosion-related soil health indicators at farm scale. Integrate soil erosion with emerging issues such…

Technical Working Groups: Data

The WG Data sharing and integration aims to provide relevant guidance on EU-wide soil data to promote best practices and convey data and knowledge into the EUSO and ESDAC to guarantee…

Technical Working Groups: Pollution

To provide support to the Clean Soil Outlook Report and to investigate a contribution to the Zero Pollution Monitoring Report. Additionally, TWG will also help to incentivise stakeholders' engagement…

Technical Working Groups: Monitoring

This Working Group will aim to engage with stakeholders engaged in the assessment and monitoring of soils from a range of perspectives to address the technical challenges in establishing an eventual monitoring system that address…

Technical Working Groups: Nutrients

This working Group aims to engage with stakeholders dealing with soil nutrients to address knowledge gaps, knowledge needs and provide support for EU policies.

Technical Working Groups: Biodiversity

The technical working group will address key questions such as identifying policy needs on soil biodiversity and understanding its links to the provision of ecosystem services. It…

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