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*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*

*for sustainable agriculture, land use and ecosystem management*

Dear Subscribers,

Please see herebelow the latest European Soil Data Centre Newsletter No.137
(Jan. 2022) -
https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/newsletter/202201.pdf

Apologies for any cross-posting.



*Amir Kassam *

*Moderator*

*Global CA-CoP*

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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 10:37
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https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/newsletter/202201.pdf
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ESDAC: http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu     ESDAC Newsletter No *137* (January
2022)









Soil erosion by water
<https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-erosion-water-rusle2015>*
(update for 2016)*

An update of the 2010 soil erosion indicator took place for the year 2016
with new inputs from Farm Field Survey, LUCAS and CORINE Land Cover.
Compared to the assessment for 2010, we estimate a very small decrease of
soil loss by water erosion (<1%) due to a limited increase of applied soil
conservation practices and land cover change observed at the EU level. The
modelling results suggest that, currently, ca. 25% of the EU land has
erosion rates higher than the recommended sustainable threshold (2 t ha−1 yr−1
) and more than 6% of agricultural lands suffer from severe erosion (11 t ha−1
 yr−1 ). The results are documented with relevant publication
<https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/9/1365/htm>. These new data (as a raster
file) are available from:

https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/soil-erosion-water-rusle2015











Update of Cover Management
<https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/cover-management-factor-c-factor-eu>
(C-factor) for year 2016

The elaboration of the EU Farm Structure Survey data for 2016 and CORINE
Land Cover2012 in the GIS-based LANDUM model allowed to update the
knowledge about the most recent changes in land use and arable land
management. Using the data on tillage, plant residues and cover crops, we
updated the Cover-management (C-factor) in EU for 2016. The increase of
land under soil conservation practices and the land cover change have
contributed to decreasing the mean C-factor by –0.8%.  We make the data
available with the relevant publication
<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026483771931172X>:

https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/content/cover-management-factor-c-factor-eu








Presentations of the EU Soil Observatory (EUSO) Stakeholders Forum
<https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/page/presentations-1st-euso-stakeholders-forum-189661>:
19-21 October 2021

The JRC has organised the first ever EU Soil Observatory (EUSO)
Stakeholders Forum. You can download the presentations of the Working
Groups (WG)
<https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/page/presentations-1st-euso-stakeholders-forum-189661>
on Soil Pollution, Soil biodiversity, Soil Erosion and Data Integration.
The WG on Soil Pollution and the WG on Soil erosion already had their kick
off meetings at the end of 2021 while the rest of the WGs will meet early
2022. We also make available the presentations of the 1st  Young Soil
Researchers Forum
<https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/euso/euso-stakeholders-forum/first-euso-stakeholders-forum-young-soil-researchers-forum>










Soil, a burst of life
<https://academy.europa.eu/courses/soil-a-burst-of-life-the-hidden-world-beneath-our-feet>*
: the hidden world beneath our feet*

The JRC Soil Team developed a new online course on soil biodiversity,
available on the EU academy platform. It aims at raising awareness and
increasing knowledge of the secret life beneath our feet. It also allows
you to familiarise with European Union initiatives for soil (biodiversity)
protection. The target audience is science teachers, high school students
and the general public.

https://academy.europa.eu/courses/soil-a-burst-of-life-the-hidden-world-beneath-our-feet









Soil Mission—HORIZON calls
<https://rea.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-grants/horizon-europe-cluster-6-food-bioeconomy-natural-resources-agriculture-and-environment/soil-mission_en>*
and call for experts*

Under Horizon Europe, the European Commission funds research and innovation
in order to protect and restore soils in Europe and beyond. This funding is
in line with the EU Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe”. *Eight topics are
open*, including Soil advisors; Linking soil health to nutritional and safe
food; Incentives and business models; Engage with authorities to protect
soil. *Total Budget* is  62 Mln Euro. *Deadline for applications*: 24 March
2022. In addition, the EU Commission looks for 75 top experts (15
for Soil Mission) to advise on EU Missions (deadline: 2.2.2022): Call for
experts
<https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/commission-looking-top-experts-advise-eu-missions-2022-jan-05_en>
.

https://rea.ec.europa.eu/funding-and-grants/horizon-europe-cluster-6-food-bioeconomy-natural-resources-agriculture-and-environment/soil-mission_en










*More Details*




*Download the ESDAC Newsletter*: PDF Format
<http://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path/newsletter/202201.pdf>.
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