Description du projet
Des incitations croissantes pour la restauration de la santé des sols
La protection et la restauration de la santé des sols est une priorité de l’UE. Il est important de sensibiliser à l’intérêt d’investir dans la santé des sols et de multiplier les possibilités d’investissement dans ce domaine tout au long des chaînes de valeur. Il est également essentiel que les gestionnaires de l’occupation du sol comprennent les incitations et la manière de capturer la valeur générée par ces services écosystémiques. Dans ce contexte, le projet SoilValues, financé par l’UE, contribuera à créer les conditions nécessaires à l’élaboration de modèles commerciaux efficaces en matière de santé des sols. Il s’agit de modèles dans lesquels les gestionnaires de l’occupation du sol prennent des décisions de production qui se traduisent par des niveaux plus élevés de services écosystémiques basés sur les sols. Outre l’établissement d’indicateurs et de modèles pour mesurer les résultats, le projet établira des terrains d’essai dans toute l’Europe et concevra une boîte à outils de mesures incitatives et de recommandations politiques.
Objectif
Land managers combine man-made resources with natural resources to produce marketable products like food, feed, fiber and wood, but at the same time produce ecosystem services that are generally not marketed or compensated. However, land managers generally have little incentive to invest in healthy soils, as they cannot sufficiently capture the value generated by these ecosystem services. SoilValues aims to contribute to the conditions for developing successful soil health business models. These are models in which land managers make production decisions that result in higher levels of soil-based ecosystem services (SES) and in which they are paid for the non-marketed services they generate. In order for such business models to function, three important conditions need to be fulfilled: (1) the outcomes of SES need to be measured, thus requiring knowledge, indicators and models, (2) the data and information generated by these indicators and models need to be exchanged to facilitate monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), and (3) all these activities should be governed by an appropriate institutional framework consisting of the necessary legislation, standards and incentive schemes. To enhance the conditions for developing successful soil health business models, SoilValues will: (1) provide a comprehensive assessment framework addressing all factors influencing the development of business models for investing in soil health, (2) establish 6 testing grounds across Europe to test and improve emerging and designing new soil health business models, (3) establish 12 communities of practice of land managers, value chain actors, investors and public authorities for soil health business models, (4) design a comprehensive toolbox of incentives and policy recommendations to facilitate soil health business models and (5) raise awareness and exchange knowledge for soil health business models.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
3000 Leuven
Belgique