16. October 2023, Topic: Soil Ecotoxicology Risk Assessment

Ecotox Centre webinar on the new EU Soil Directive, 14 November 2023, 16:00-17:00

The Ecotox Centre invites you to a webinar with Dr Annegret Biegler-Engler (Federal Environment Agency Germany) on Tuesday 14 November 2023 at 4pm on "The EU Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience".

The webinar will be held in German with simultaneous translation into French.

Location: Zoom
(MeetingID: 812 7584 4557; Passcode: 407971)

Summary:The EU Commission published a Soil Strategy in 2021 as part of the Green Deal. This strategy shows that much of the EU's soils are in poor condition, making it difficult for us to meet future challenges such as food security, climate neutrality and resilience. The EU Commission has set a challenging target for Europe's soils to be in a healthy state by 2050. One aspect of this soil strategy is the establishment of an EU-wide directive on soil protection. In July 2023, the draft of the EU Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience was published. The aim of the lecture is to present the contents of this draft.

More information: on the EU website

Dr. Annegret Biegel-Engler is head of the department "Measures of Soil Protection" at the German Federal Environment Agency. She is co-author of the scientific opinion paper The upcoming European Soil Health Law - chances and challenges for an effective soil protection | Umweltbundesamt published by the Federal Environment Agency.