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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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INRA
SSLRC
CSIC
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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.