Stakeholder engagement (WP1)

Objectives:

1. Define concepts and terminologies used on the topic of soil quality and soil functions.
2. Assess and quantify stakeholder prioritisation of soil functions.
3. Review existing knowledge from literature.
4. Develop a Strategic Research Agenda for LANDMARK.

But also assists WP5 in identifying and planning the optimum mode of delivery of the Soil Navigator Decision Support Tool (Pillar 1) , Monitoring Schema (Pillar 2)  and Policy Options (Pillar 3), through a process of stakeholder consultations.

The team has done a tremendous job to date and has succeeded in producing a project glossary, which will also been used by other projects and European Commission initiatives. The glossary has also been translated into three other languages as well as the original English version. In addition the team has carried out 32 workshops (see below) and  a stakeholder platform to a range of stakeholders including farmers, industry, legislators and policy makers across Europe. This required a very strong co-ordination, development of support materials, pilot workshops, translation of materials, templates for presentations and the final collation of all the material. Detailed literature reviews have been completed as part of the project for the three pillars, through three scientific papers.  The final task of the team is the Strategic Research Agenda, which was based upon the amalgamation of the other tasks.

Deliverables:

• Project Glossary: definition of common terms and concepts in relation to Soil Functions and Soil Quality (Deliverable 1.1)

You can download the full glossary or check it  interactively  ONLINE:

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The glossary is available in English, German, Spanish , Italian and in French:

           

 

 

• Report on optimised suites of soil functions, as prioritised by stakeholder groups  (Deliverable 1.2)

  FULL REPORT

This report is designed for the various stakeholders concerned with soil and land management. The document is divided into two parts:

(page 1-60) describes the methodology undertaken to harvest the stakeholders’ knowledge and synthesizes the results into descriptive tables and graphics.

 

 

     

 

 (page 61-394) consists of the two guides used to run the workshops and a collection of the individual reports of the 32 workshops  ( see below) carried out, each with a detailed description of outcomes, agenda, participants and workshop’s evaluation.

The map below shows the location of the workshops divided by stakeholder level (local, regional, national and European) over the 13 main environmental climatic zones by Metzger et al. 2005.

 

 

The table below lists the location, the stakeholder level (local, regional, national and European) and the partner institution involved in the organisation of the workshop.

No.	Report	Date	Level	Place	Institution involved
1		27.11.2015	Local Farmers	AOC, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenées, France	APCA & Chambre regional Midi-Pyrenées
2		7.12.2015	Local Farmers	Gascogne, Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenées, France	APCA & Chambre regional Midi-Pyrenées
3		11.3.2016	Regional	Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria	AGES
4		14.3.2016	Local Farmers	Gros Enzersdorf, Lower Austria (NÖ)	AGES
5		14.3.2016	Regional	Gros Enzersdorf, Lower Austria (NÖ)	AGES
6		15.03.2016	National farmers	ITLUS, Wexford, Ireland	TEAGASC
7		16.3.2016	Local Farmers	Linz, Upper Austria (OÖ)	AGES
8		16.3.2016	Regional	Linz, Upper Austria (OÖ)	AGES
9		18.03.2016	Regional	Orleans, Region Centre, France	APCA & Chambre regional Region Centre
10		08.04.2016	Regional	Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenées, France	APCA & Chambre regional Midi-Pyrenées
11		22.04.2016	Local Farmers	Valdahon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France	APCA & Chambre regional Franche-Comté
12		25.04.2016	Local Farmers	Maves, Loir et Cher, Region Centre, France	APCA & Chambre departmental Loir et Cher
13		11.05.2016	Local farmers	Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, South-West Germany	CALS
14		18.05.2016	Local farmers	Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony, North-West Germany	CALS
15		20.05.2016	Regional	TEAGASC, Oak Park,Ireland	TEAGASC
16		31.05.2016	Local Farmers	Odense, Fyn region, Denmark	UCPH
17		02.06.2016	Local Farmers	Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, South-West Germany	CALS
18		07.06.2016	Local Farmers	Macroom, county Cork, Ireland	TEAGASC
19		22.06.2016	Local Farmers	Aurich, Lower Saxony, North-West Germany	CALS
20		11.08.2016	Regional	Glambia, Johnstown Castle, Ireland	TEAGASC
21		25.08.2016	National	Sorø, Sjælland region, Denmark	UCPH
22		08.09.2016	Local farmers	Montlieu La Garde, Charente-Maritime, France	APCA & Chambre regional Poitou Charentes
23		09.09.2016	Local farmers	Chemin, Jura, Franche-Comté, France	APCA & Chambre regional Franche-Comté
24		13.09.2016	Regional	Besançon, France	APCA & Chambre regional Franche-Comté
25		14.09.2016	Regional	Neustadt/ Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, South-West Germany	CALS
26		19.09.2016	Regional	Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenées, France	APCA & Chambre regional Midi-Pyrenées
27		20.9.2016	National	Lower Austria	AGES
28		28.09.2016	Local farmers	Argenton-sur-Creuse (Indre + agri. de la Creuse et de la Haute-Vienne) , France	APCA & Chambre departmental de l’Índre & Chambre regional Poitou Charentes
29		06.10.2016	National	Paris, France	APCA
30		13.10.2016	Local farmers / regional	Futterkamp, Schleswig-Holstein, North Germany	CALS
31		17.10.2016	Regional / National	Hanover, Lower Saxony, North-West Germany	CALS
32		20.10.2016	European	Brussels, Belgium	LANDMARK team : APCA, JRC, UA, TEAGASC, WUR2

 

• Three scientific review papers on Soil Functions (local, regional, EU scales) (Deliverable 1.3)

Pillar 1 paper 

Ghaley, B.B., et al. on Assessment of Benefits of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Functions in Arable Production Systems in Europe and his publication tree.

Pillar 3 paper 

Vrebos, D., et al. on The Impact of Policy Instruments on Soil Multifunctionality in the European Union and his publication tree.

Pillar 2 paper 

van Leeuwen, J., et al. on Gap assessment in current soil monitoring networks across Europe for measuring soil functions and his publication tree

 

• Strategic Research Agenda (Deliverable 1.4)