Soil health: contradictory Commission pr • Table.Briefings

The EU Commission will present a directive on soil health on Wednesday. But instead of limit values and binding targets, it is mainly about data collection and monitoring. Yet the Commission itself writes that soils are in poor condition and something must be done. However, it finds itself in a political quandary.

EU legislation contains significant gaps and does not address all causes of soil degradation. That is what the Commission writes in its proposal for a new directive on soil health in Europe. A draft is available to Table.Media. 60 to 70 percent of soils in the EU are in poor health, it says – with negative consequences for people, the environment, climate and the economy. It also says the risk of catastrophic consequences of climate change, such as floods and forest fires, is increasing.

Soil health: contradictory Commission proposal

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