‘A Soil Strategy for 2030: reaping the benefits of healthy soils, for food, people, nature and the climate’. The title of the Communication adopted on Wednesday 17 November by the European Commission gives an idea of the importance of protecting and restoring a multifunctional resource that is subject to multiple pressures.
70% of EU soil is degraded, costing the EU €50 billion a year. “Getting soils healthy is simply a matter of our own survival. The goal is to ensure good soil...