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Document 52021DC0699
The EU Soil Strategy for 2030 ‘Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate’
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU Soil Strategy for 2030 Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate
- Initiative summary:
- Healthy soil is essential to meet the climate and biodiversity objectives of the European Green Deal. The 2030 EU Biodiversity Strategy announced the update of the EU Soil Thematic Strategy to address soil and land degradation and achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030. To achieve this goal, soil fertility has to be protected, erosion and sealing reduced, organic matter increased, contaminated sites identified, degraded soils restored and their good ecological status defined.
- EuroVoc thesaurus:
- EU environmental policy; soil pollution; desertification; EU strategy; forestry policy; circular economy; soil protection; farming sector; biodiversity; soil improvement; land use; climate change
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- Documents:
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Ares(2021)4426340 (Factual summary report of the public consultation)
Ares(2020)6391319 (Roadmap) - Leading service:
- Directorate-General for Environment
- Planned adoption period:
- 01/07/2021 - 30/09/2021
- Check the status of this initiative on the Better Regulation Portal
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- Consultation type:
- Stakeholder feedback
- Consultation duration (weeks):
- 4
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- Consultation type:
- Public consultation
- Consultation duration (weeks):
- 12
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- Consultation type:
- Stakeholder feedback
- Consultation duration (weeks):
- 4
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- Documents:
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COM/2021/699 final (Communication)
SWD/2021/323 final (Staff working document) - Leading service:
- Directorate-General for Environment