SoilCare presented at final conference of LIFE project Operation CO2
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Palencia, May 17th 2017 - The SoilCare project was presented at the final conference of the LIFE project, Operation CO2, on 17 May in Palencia, Spain by Zuzana Lukacova from Milieu. The aim of the Operatioin CO2 project was to demonstrate the viability of forestry and agroforestry projects on carbon sequestration in Europe. SoilCare was invited to present, alongside other on-going projects, an overview of our work including the next step. The conference programme can be downloaded here. For more information about this event, please contact Zuzan Lukacova This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Chania Study Site presentation
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Wageningen, May 2nd 2017 - During the second plenary meeting in Chania, Greece, Jane Mills and Erik van den Elsen interviewed Ioannis Tsanis about the Chania study site. During the excursion at the end of the meeting, also some shots were made of the Chania field experiments, and the explanation of these experiments by Yannis Daliakopoulos. This material has been edited into a short film about the Greek study site in SoilCare.
We are planning to make such Study Site films every time a site is visited.
The presentation about the Chania study site can be viewed on Vimeo by clicking HERE.
Plenary SoilCare meeting in Chania successfully finished
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Chania, March 17th - Almost 50 scientists from Europe gathered in Chania, Crete, Greece for the second plenary meeting of the SoilCare project. The meeting was opened by prof. Ioannis Tsanis from Technical University of Crete who was hosting the meeting and is also partner in the project. From Monday until Wednesday, presentations were given and discussions were held about the work in different workpackages and about field trials that need to be selected and trialled. The meeting ended on Thursday with an excursion to the Cretan study site.
An overview of the presentations and images is given on the Chania post-meeting page.
The meeting notes can be downloaded from this link.
Soil threats and SoilCare discussed on BBC local radio
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A partner in SoilCare, Jane Mills, from University of Gloucestershire in UK, was interviewed by BBC Radio Gloucestershire about the importance of soil and how it is often forgotten and undervalued as a global resource. The interview was broadcast on 1st January 2017 and can be listened on the BBC website until 31st January. The interview starts at 1 hour 11 minutes into the programme. World Soil Day was celebrated on 5th December and Jane explained to listeners why soil warrants its own global awareness day and how our soil has been affected by intensive agricultural land management, She spoke about how good farming practices can help protect our soil and described how SoilCare is looking for practical solutions to these soil threats.
