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Module 4 - Reflections and Action 4.1 - Soil protection & policy

Sources and additional reading

Council of the European Union. (2024–2025). Council position documents on the proposal for a directive on soil monitoring and resilience.

European Commission. (2006). Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the protection of soil (Soil Framework Directive) (COM(2006) 232 final). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52006PC0232

European Commission. (2014). Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): State of play and outlook (COM(2014) 368 final). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52014DC0368

European Commission. (2019). Communication from the Commission: The European Green Deal (COM(2019) 640 final). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52019DC0640

European Commission. (2021). EU soil strategy for 2030: Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate (COM(2021) 699 final). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52021DC0699

European Commission. (2023). Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on soil monitoring and resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) (COM(2023) 416 final). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52023PC0416

European Environment Agency. (2025). Europe's environment 2025 : knowledge for resilience, prosperity and sustainability. Publications Office of the European Union. https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2800/3817344

European Parliament. (2023–2025). Procedure file: Soil monitoring and resilience directive. Legislative Observatory (OEIL). https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu

European Commission. (2023). Impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive on soil monitoring and resilience (SWD(2023) 418 final).

European Union. (2025). Directive (EU) 2025/2360 of the European Parliament and of the Council on soil monitoring and resilience. Official Journal of the European Union. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2025/2360/oj

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, & Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils. (2015). Status of the world’s soil resources (SWSR) – Main report. Rome: FAO. https://www.fao.org/3/i5199e/i5199e.pdf

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2021). State of knowledge of soil biodiversity – Status, challenges and potentialities. Rome: FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1928en

Hannam, I. (2022). Soil governance and land degradation neutrality. Soil Security, 6, 100030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2021.100030

Peake, L. R., & Robb, C. (2022). The global standard bearers of soil governance. Soil Security, 6, 100039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2021.100039

Heuser, I. (2022). Soil governance in the current European Union law and in the European Green Deal. Soil Security, 6, 100053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soisec.2022.100053

Newig, J., & Fritsch, O. (2009). Environmental governance: Participatory, multi-level – and effective? Environmental Policy and Governance, 19(3), 197–214.  https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.509

Ostrom, E. (2010). Polycentric systems for coping with collective action and global environmental change. Global Environmental Change, 20(4), 550–557. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.07.004

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). (2019). Environmental rule of law: First global report. https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27279

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