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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8196

20 April 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Commission sets out first stages of comprehensive soil protection strategy as contribution to Majorca Council

Brussels, 19/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has set out the first approaches of an EU soil protection strategy considering soil a non-renewable resource that is coming under fire from a growing number of human activities and deserves comprehensive action at EU level. It published a Communication on Friday describing the function of soil. It is vital for vegetation, food production, water filtering, gas transformation and carbon absorption. The Communication also sets out...

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