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Areas of mineral soils and managed and unmanaged organic soils in the EU
Areas of mineral soils and managed and unmanaged organic soils in the EU | European Environment Agency's home page Related contentReferences and footnotes ...
8 Sep 2022
Topics: Climate change mitigation
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Areas of mineral soils and managed and unmanaged organic soils in the EU
Areas of mineral soils and managed and unmanaged organic soils in the EU | European Environment Agency's home page Related contentReferences and footnotes ...
8 Sep 2022
Topics: Climate change mitigation
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Long-term impacts of sludge spreading on agricultural land (Signal)
Key messages: Sewage sludge is a waste product of wastewater treatment plants, and a source of organic matter and nutrients beneficial to crops. ... Applying sewage sludge to agricultural soils promotes the circular use of nutrients. At the same time, this may introduce a range of pollutants, including heavy metals and organic contaminants . ...
16 Apr 2024
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Pesticide residues in EU soils (Signal)New
Key messages: Pesticide residues are present in most EU soils under agricultural use. ... Historically applied, non-approved pesticides still represent a significant part of the chemical cocktail in soils. ...
3 Mar 2025
Topics: Soil
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3.D Agricultural soils 2023
EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2023 1 * The official nomenclature is misleading as the reporting category not only includes residues actively applied to soils ...
2 Oct 2023
Topics: Various other issues
17-Area under organic farming
Agricultural area under organic farming in Europe | European Environment Agency's home page 8TH EAP HEADLINE INDICATOR, 2024 Agricultural area under organic farming in Europe 8th Environment Action ... area should be dedicated to organic farming by 2030. ... The share of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming increased from 5.9% in 2012 to 10.5% in 2022 as a result of an increasing demand for organic products and policy support. ...
19 Feb 2025
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02-Greenhouse gas emissions from land use
Greenhouse gas emissions from land use, land use change and forestry in Europe | European Environment Agency's home page 8TH EAP HEADLINE INDICATOR, 2024 Greenhouse gas emissions from land use, land use change and forestry in Europe 8th Environm…
19 Feb 2025
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Market Awareness Raising for Opportunities in Needed Extensification and Soil-friendly Agriculture
This not only reduces carbon storage in soils but also, together with weather trends, increases the risk of wildfires, which further exacerbate these problems. ... matter of soils in mountain areas and the reduction of the Maronesa cattle breed. ... Its main objective is to improve the climate resilience of livestock farms and promote increased retention of carbon in soil organic matter. ...
21 Oct 2022
Topics: Climate change adaptation
Ecological risk of pesticides in EU soils (Signal)
Key messages: Chemical pesticide mixtures potentially pose a risk of adverse effects to soil organisms in 14% of the 3,473 sites monitored in the 2018 LUCAS survey. The insecticides imidacloprid and chlorpyriphos and the fungicide epoxiconazole were …
16 Apr 2024
Topics: Agriculture and food, Environmental health impacts, Chemicals, Pollution
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Heavy metals in soil ecosystems (Signal)New
Key messages: A recent update on soil pollution shows that agricultural soils are exposed to high levels of some metals and excess nutrient inputs. ... If current agricultural inputs were to remain unchanged, 60% of agricultural soils would exceed their critical loads for copper and 46% for zinc, posing potential harm to the environment. ...
3 Mar 2025
Topics: Soil