Soil

Publications

April 2025
Press Release
Brussels, April 2, Benedikt Bösel and his team from the German project Gut & Bösel have been awarded the prestigious Land and Soil Management Award for the 2025 edition. The award was presented on stage during the Annual Conference of the Foru...
March 2025
Press Release
(Brussels 20th of March) The beech tree “Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills” from Poland wins the title of the European Tree of the Year 2025 with 147,553 votes. The second place takes Portuguese ficus tree “The Lovers Banyan Tree,” followed by t...
March 2024
Press Release
Brussels, March 26, Adrien Rogissart from the French project “Halage” has been honored as the winner of the prestigious Land and Soil Management Award 2024. The award was presented during the Gala Dinner of the Forum for the Future of Agricultur...
October 2023
Position Paper
ELO welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law). We particularly appreciate that it is a directive that focuses on monitoring, thus recognizing the diversity, complexity, ...
July 2023
Position Paper
Brussels, July 5, 2023 — The European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) welcomes the commission’s proposal on the new soil monitoring and resilience directive and the recognition of European soils’ diversity, complexity and mystery, particu...