soil atlas of europe launch welcome prof. manfred grasserbauer
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Soil Atlas of Europe Launch WELCOME Prof. Manfred Grasserbauer The Institute for Environment and Sustainability Ispra, Italy a Research Based Policy Support Provider. Policy Context. Sustainable use of natural resources Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Soil Atlas of Europe Launch
WELCOME
Prof. Manfred Grasserbauer
The Institute for Environment and SustainabilityIspra, Italy
a Research Based Policy Support Provider
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Policy Context
•Sustainable use of natural resources •Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection
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The importance of soil
“Gardens need fertile soil for plants to grow. Logically, in order for the garden of Eden to exist, soil must have been a higher priority during
Creation.”
Primary School Discussion!
“Man…despite his artistic pretensions and many
accomplishments, owes his existence to a thin layer of topsoil
…and the fact that it rains”.
Old Chinese Proverb
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JRC’s Mission is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies …
…the JRC functions as a centre of science and technology reference for the EU, independent of special interests, private and national
How can the JRC/IES help?
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The Organisation of the JRC7 Institutes in 5 Member States 2300 staff 300 M€/y budget + 40 M€ income
IE - Petten The Netherlands-Institute for Energy
IRMM - Geel Belgium- Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
ITU - Karlsruhe Germany - Institute for Transuranium Elements
IPSC - IHCP - IES - Ispra Italy - Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen- Institute for Health and Consumer Protection- Institute for Environment and Sustainability
IPTS - Seville Spain- Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
1000 partners in networks + 1500 partners in indirect actions
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The IES aims...
to provide Scientific & Technical support to EUpolicies for the Protection of the
Environment,and
to contribute to the EU Strategy on SustainableDevelopment
Institute for Environment and Sustainability
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ALTERRA
CSES
EUROPEAN SOIL BUREAU NETWORK
NSRI
Soil data
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Raising awareness of soil issues
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Making soil data available
European Soil
Information System
Users
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Thank you for your interest!
Remember to collect your copy of the atlas during lunch.