Coimbra hosts this week a European meeting dedicated to soil health, bringing together specialists and policymakers to debate the current state of European land. The event comes at a time considered decisive for the future European soil monitoring law.
The article warns of the gap between the available scientific knowledge on soil degradation and the slowness in political decision-making. The central message is that, although there is already enough data on the soil crisis, translating this information into concrete actions is lacking.
The new European monitoring legislation aims to create mechanisms to regularly track the health status of soils, but faces resistance and delays in its final approval.
