The European Parliament has approved the Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive, the first European law recognizing soil as a living and limited resource, to be protected like water and air. The aim is to create a common framework for monitoring soil health in Europe, promoting sustainable management practices, reducing land take, and effectively managing contaminated sites.
The new regulation introduces a European soil monitoring system, based on common methodologies, which includes monitoring of the most common chemicals, such as PFAS, pesticides, and microplastics. Member States will be required to collect and share physical, chemical, and biological soil data to provide a comparable and coordinated European overview. This approach aims to improve soil resilience, ensure safe food and clean water, and support food sovereignty.
A crucial phase is now opening for Italy: it will be necessary to develop a national monitoring, sampling, and data management system, with the technical and scientific support of ISPRA and in collaboration with other national institutions and entities.
The news was greeted enthusiastically by researchers during a visit to the European Monalisa project in the Alta Murgia Park, where innovative solutions are being tested to combat soil degradation and desertification and restore natural ecosystems.
The approval of the Directive comes within a broader context of Europe’s commitment to climate action: Parliament also adopted a resolution reaffirming the EU’s role as a global leader in the fight against climate change and in implementing energy transition and environmental sustainability policies.
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