RECARE-HUB

RECARE was a multidisciplinary research project of 27 different organisations that assessed the threats to Europe's soils and identified innovative solutions to prevent further soil degradation. The project ran from 2013 - 2018... The website is the dissemination and communication outlet for research being undertaken by the EU-funded RECARE project. The aim of the Information Hub is to provide information and guidance to help practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and the wider public to understand the impact of soil degradation upon soil functions and ecosystem services and to provide information about innovative measures to prevent and remediate against soil degradation. The website provides information on 9 soil threats covered by the project: soil erosion, salinization, soil compaction, soil sealing, desertification, floods and landslides, loss of organic mater, soil contamination and loss of soil biodiversity. It also provides details of the 17 case studies involved in the..