INSPIRATION AGENDA

Europeans need multi-functional and healthy soils - safeguarded by urban and rural spatial planning and management based on the best available knowledge - locally and globally to maintain natural capital while satisfying the needs of a prosperous society... This Strategic Research Agenda is based on research and innovation needs identified by over 500 stakeholders from across Europe in a unique bottom-up approach to ensure research needs reflect demand from end users. This approach was chosen to ensure that research needs reflect genuine demand from end users. It is designed to both attract research funding by public and private parties and ensure that knowledge is widely applied by public sector bodies, SMEs and large enterprises wishing to innovate and contribute to a greener, more socially cohesive, smarter and more competitive Europe... Land and soil play a vital role in meeting societal needs for food, drinking water, energy, shelter, infrastructure and overcoming societal..