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Soils are a vital environmental resource; however, soil protection efforts in European Union have been partial, fragmented and insufficient to halt their degradation. In the Policy Conference held at Brussels, on September 27th 2018, there was a debate about how to improve EU policies to secure the delivery of soil ecosystem services. […] 
Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today however it has been neglected, according to the Lancet Commission on pollution and health. In particular, polluted soils threaten the environment and human health. The persistent substances such as metals are contaminants posing the greatest threats to health. […] Researchers of the Group SOIL-PLANT, from the IRNAS, CSIC, participated in the RECARE project Plenary Meeting, devoted to prevention and remediation of degraded soils, which has been held at Hella (Iceland), from May 29th to June 2nd 2017. RECARE group visiting the study site in Iceland. Photo: Erik van den Elsen. The Guadiamar […] Photo: Erik van den Elsen The Plenary Meeting of the project RECARE (Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through Land Care) was held in Montegrotto (Padova, Italy) from March 16th to 20th. More than 50 partners of 18 countries attended the meeting. The team of IRNAS presented results about the remediation […] The Guadiamar Green Corridor (in Sevilla province) is one of the 17 case studies within the Euroepan project RECARE (2014-2018), which main aim is to find ways of assessing the current threats to soils and finding innovative solutions to prevent further soil degradation across Europe. On February 19th 2015 we had […] |
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