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Soil Atlas of Europe

Launch

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Finished!

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StimulatingStimulating

•High quality product

•Very please with final result

•Very positive feedback

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VenueVenue

One Great George StreetTelford Theatre

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AgendaAgenda

09:15 Arrival of Participants & coffee 10.00 Welcome on behalf of DG JRC Prof Manfred Grasserbauer

Director EC-JRC-IES 10:10 Keynote address Lord Bach of Lutterworth

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Lords) (Sustainable Farming and Food) DEFRA, UK

10:30 Reply & supporting activities of the European Soil Bureau Network (ESBN)

Professor Mark Kibblewhite Chairman of ESBN

10:50 Soil Protection in the European Union Dr. Michael Hamell EC DG Environment

11:10 Presentation of the Soil Atlas of Europe Dr Arwyn Jones DG JRC 11:25 Soil Maps of Africa DVD Dr Senthil Selvaradjou, DG JRC

11:40 World Soil Survey Archive Catalogue

(WOSSAC) Dr Stephen Hallett NSRI Cranfield University

11:55 Closing Remarks Sharon Ellis, DEFRA 12:00-1300

Buffet Lunch offered by the JRC Distribution of Soil Atlas to participants

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•One copy per delegate at tomorrow’s launch.

•Will distribute minimum 3500 copies to ESBN

•Pro-rata? on the basis of population?

•Already 300 requests – multiple copies!

•Check with ESBN member for complimentary copy.

•Office of Official Publications – Luxembourg

•JRC

Distribution Distribution

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•Already started!

Raising awarenessRaising awareness

Die Welt, BBC News, EU Observer, noticias.info, edu bourse, Pressetext, Cordis News, Standard innovations report, Yahoo Nachrichten, ANSA, AFP, Prealpina, Umweltmagazin, geoscience online.de, Tiscali, EFITA Newsletter,

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