WP5 – Creating Blueprints

Work package 5 will deliver the main LANDMARK outcomes through the 3 pillars:

 PILLAR 1 (LOCAL SCALE): the Soil Navigator: a Decision Support Tool (DST) for soil management that optimises soil functions, both from an agronomic and ecosystem function perspective, and that sustains soil functions by mitigating threats to soil quality [Task 5.1 and 5.2 ] ;

 PILLAR 2 (REGIONAL SCALE): a monitoring scheme for soil functions that is applicable at regional scale, for a range of soil types, land uses and pedo-climatic zones [Task 5.3 and 5.4] ;

 PILLAR 3 (EU SCALE): policy options for ‘Functional Land Management’ at EU scale, which aims to optimise the sustainable use of Europe’s soil resource [Task 5.5 and 5.6].

Deliverables:

• Deliverable 5.1 Pillar 1 will deliver a Decision Support Tool for Soil Husbandry, stratified by pedo-climatic zone and land use
• Deliverable 5.2  Pillar 2 will develop monitoring schema for regional and European application, testing of discrimination of indicators identified inWP3
• Deliverable 5.3 Pillar 3 will deliver an options document for future policy tools for functional soil management
• Deliverable 5.4 Scientific review paper on the intercontinental ‘shared learning’ re soil policies