Soil CIRCA, the electronic soil library http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/env/soil/home

Towards a Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection. 2002 http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/DownLoad/kXeqAJJAmoGtuzPZFjHV7GmOm9xcNAh0/_lRy_wjLRcEyGlXTUjMsYJyGqob64hO/pUocKEWcfTcEqNXTIgrYqSpi_SRuqLF/SlPXkIpOrRkZSAo6p/Original%20text%20in%20English.pdf

Table of Measures taken by Member States in Soil protection (Austria to Greece) October 2003 http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/DownLoad/kleyASJ_moGCYwAXAqHeTUmruCmV1Lk0/wmOeF47b6Qj3e0gZ3UiIYwKFAqEt2Hb/cCYeJRfMqdPuEhTskDDjYv4G8Ej1Fx/InventarioAustria-Greecefinal.doc

Table of Measures taken by Member States in Soil protection (Ireland to UK) October 2003 http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/DownLoad/kxeZA1JJmRGGZqJqMf6p84p354lbRAjK/cdPZUkoj3RlOpKxtNCaAuqJc_f6cPNsG/lMlyQEhUYgMVDf6p0fZsTR6Fh-q9f4/InventarioIreland-UKfinalbis.doc

Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control. http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31996L0061&model=guichett

Soil Erosion & Soil Biodiversity Indicators (Rome,  March, 2003),   http://www.oecd.org/agr/env/indicators.htm

Canada / OECD Expert Meeting on Soil Organic Carbon Indicators Canada  October, 2002  http://webdomino1.oecd.org/comnet/agr/soil.nsf

Aerobic & Anaerobic Transformation in Soil: OECD Guidelines on testing of Chemicals http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/8/2741293.pdf

Improving the Environmental Performance of Agriculture: Policy options & market approaches.2001 http://oecdpublications.gfinb.com/cgibin/OECDBookShop.storefront/EN/product/512001171E1

OECD Expert Meeting on Soil Organic Carbon for Agricultural Land - October 2002  http://webdomino1.oecd.org/comnet/agr/soil.nsf

Opinion of the EU institutions on the Soil Communication 2003 http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/soil/index.htm#2

Integrating statistical & administrative data with land cover information. 2001 Towards agri-environmental indicators. http://reports.eea.eu.int/topic_report_2001_06/en

Wind erosion on agricultural land in Europe. 2003 http://publications.eu.int/flash/nfeu_en.htm#FL2

Sustainable Land Management and Soil Use: Economic Factors  Martin Held, Protestant Academy Tutzing.   IPTS October  2003 http://www.jrc.es/home/report/report_main.html

Heavy metals (trace elements) and organic matter content of European soils - Feasibility study http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/sludge/heavy_metals_feasibility_study.pdf

Trace element and organic matter contents of European soils - Progress report 2001 http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/sludge/heavy_metals_progress_report.pdf

Soil at the interface between Agriculture and Environment. JRC Ispra http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/envir/report/en/inter_en/report.htm

Survey of wastes spread on land January 2000 http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/studies/compost/landspreading.pdf

Organic matter in the soils of Europe: present status and future trends.   2001 http://dbs.cordis.lu/cordis-cgi/srchidadb?ACTION=D&SESSION=126712003-11-11&DOC=20&TBL=EN_PUBL&RCN=EN_RCN:200114148&CALLER=EISIMPLE_EN_PUBL

European soil data and their interpretation for policy support: Status & future perspectives.  2001 http://dbs.cordis.lu/cordis-cgi/srchidadb?ACTION=D&SESSION=126712003-11-11&DOC=25&TBL=EN_PUBL&RCN=EN_RCN:200012789&CALLER=EISIMPLE_EN_PUBL

Soil resources of Europe - European Soil Bureau research report no. 6  http://esb.aris.sai.jrc.it/documents/1999-esb-research-report-6/1st meeting of the Advisory Forum on the Soil Thematic Strategy
April, 2003 Document N1 - Version N2 Framework Mandate for all Working groups http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/DownLoad/kqewAJJ8mfGCekhX2qSp80trhDYX5OcD/VxUqLgHePF1TmG4pYxtvF37uLyof34kr/iCqd9Mm9qw2ZL47b6Qj/Framework%20mandate-V2.doc

Soil-polluting activities from localised sources as a percentage of total. European Environment Agency 2002  http://themes.eea.eu.int/Specific_media/soil/indicators/sources%2C2003.11/index_html

Assessment and reporting on soil erosion. EEA 2001 http://reports.eea.eu.int/technical_report_2003_94/en

Assessment of data needs and data availability for the development of indicators on soil contamination EEA 2002 http://reports.eea.eu.int/technical_report_2002_81/en

Down to earth: Soil degradation and sustainable development in Europe - A challenge for the 21st century. 2000  http://reports.eea.eu.int/Environmental_issue_series_16/en

COST Action 831. Biotechnology of soil: Monitoring, conservation and remediation. Report of activities 1997-1998 (Published 2001) http://dbs.cordis.lu/cordiscgi/srchidadb?ACTION=D&SESSION=126712003-11-11&DOC=19&TBL=EN_PUBL&RCN=EN_RCN:200114112&CALLER=EISIMPLE_EN_PUBL

European Society for Soil Conservation http://www.zalf.de/essc/essc.htm

The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS): the global union of soil scientists http://www.iuss.org/

8th International FZK / TNO Conference on Contaminated Soil May 2003 http://forum.europa.eu.int/irc/DownLoad/kfeZAUJ_mVGCbp2Y8xNZ3GoroIjd1Lk0/Fr6uRf6z7d3EoUvcjZSxFY0uLgHsTNb5/jChF8e3RH4gpEqEI7Uj55GlYK2iMYYJ/Agendafinal.doc

Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on Indicators for Soil Sealing. Copenhagen, March 2001  http://repository.eea.eu.int/reports/technical_report/80/full_report/en/html/abstract

Digital soil map of the world & derived soil properties:Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, Rome, 2003 http://upo.unesco.org/bookdetails.asp?id=4067