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Wageningen - August 2019 - The RECARE Periodic Report for the 4th period has been published and is available from the download page. The report can also be downloaded directly HERE.

Wageningen - august 2019 - The Final Publishable Summary - report, as required in all research EU projects, has been produced and published on the RECARE website. The report pictures in short contemporary problems soils in Europe are facing, and what measures can be used to effectively remediate or restore these soils. Numerous other, detailed research reports have been written that underly this report. The research reports can be downloaded from the download deliverables section of this website. 

The Final Publishable Summary can be downloaded using the link HERE.

For the past five years, the RECARE project has been working with stakeholders across Europe, from Iceland to Cyprus and from The Netherlands to Romania, to develop a new way of saving the soil. As the project ends, it is presenting the accumulated learning from its research to policymakers in the cities, regions and nations of Europe as well as international bodies.
The urgency of this mission is underscored by recent UN reports highlighting the role that agriculture plays in climate change and how sustainable agriculture is going to be necessary to secure food production as well as liveable landscapes under climatic change.

The over-riding policy message is to empower those who directly manage the land and soil to enable and encourage them in sustainable soil management techniques. The scientific answers are available, it is making sure that farmers, growers and foresters know about them, then feel able to act on that knowledge. This effort requires some changes to policy but also an investment in training and knowledge to help people achieve sustainable land practices.

The RECARE project scientific co-ordinator Dr Rudi Hessel, from Wageningen Environmental Research, said:

“The starting point is to take farmers and land managers seriously, that researchers are willing to listen and learn from them to make sure that we are addressing their priorities and not as our researchers. To do that we need to build relationships of trust.”

The text above is a section of the Press Release the RECARE project has issued for World Soil Day 2018.
Click on the Read more... button below to continue reading, or download the complete press release HERE.