SOB4ES
SOB4ES is a EU-funded project with 19 partners on a mission to make soil biodiversity visible to society and integrate it into EU policies. With the overarching goal of
supporting the EU Soil Strategy and the upcoming Soil Health Law, SOB4ES will develop an integrated framework that accurately reflects the impact of soil biodiversity on ecosystem services across time and space.
InBestSoil
Using an innovative business model, the objective of InBestSoil is to create a
framework for investing in the conservation and restoration of soil health by developing a system of economic valuation of the ecosystem services provided by healthy soil, as well as incorporating it into business models and incentives. This enables public and private organizations to design strategies with local stakeholders and work collectively to deliver EU policies, providing data, evidence, tools, and models to assess how investments in soil health can contribute to the transition to a durable and long-term resistance of the soil.
SoilValues
Soilvalues’s goal is to improve soil health through value-based business models. The project will provide a comprehensive assessment framework for all factors
affecting the development of business models for soil health. This includes setting up six living labs across Europe to test emerging and new soil health business models and 12 communities of practice of land managers, value chain actors, investors and governments. A toolbox of incentives and policy recommendations to promote soil health will also be developed throughout the project.
MRV4SOC
MRV4SOC’s objective is to monitor Carbon farming through its three-pillar method of standardization, reporting and verification. MRV4SOC aims to account for changes in as many Carbon pools as possible, estimate Green House Gases (GHG) and full Carbon budgets, couple Carbon and Nitrogen cycles, quantify Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) accumulation, and assess the results of traditional management practices and Carbon
farming.
Soli Health BENCHMARKS
Soil Health BENCHMARKS is building a European network to advance soil health research, monitor soil health and advocate for sustainable land use. BENCHMARKS collaborates with stakeholders in 29 European case studies to co-develop and evaluate a multi-scale and multi-user focused monitoring framework.