Long-term drivers and consequences of soil degradation: learning from the past to improve future soil health

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Opens for applications on 2027-02-04. A European Commission call for proposals. Expected Outcome: Activities under this topic will help progress towards the objectives and targets of the Mission Soil and the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 . Moreover, activities should also contribute to meeting the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals [1] . Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: policymakers and other relevant stakeholders have improved access to knowledge and quantitative data on changes in soil degradation over the past centuries to millennia across different pedo-climatic regions, alongside projections for future soil health trends under different scenarios; policymakers, land managers and other relevant stakeholders have an advanced understanding of the long-term drivers (and the similarities and differences with short-term drivers) and long-term consequences of soil degradation processes including their role in the climate and biodiversity systems and in the water and nutrient cycles, both in the past and in the future; policymakers and other relevant stakeholders have an expanded comprehension of the social and cultural factors driving historical soil degradation and societal perceptions of soil degradatio

Who can apply

Usually organisations in EU member states and associated countries, often in a consortium. Some calls are open to partners from other countries. Check the call conditions.

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• Researchers
• NGOs
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