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DESCRIPTION:Soil is a living archive of how societies govern\, value\, and 
 manage their land. Yet more than 60% of Europe’s soils remain in unhealt
 hy condition. Solutions exist\, but they often fail to take root because t
 he deeper human imprint (i.e.\, economic short-termism\, fragmented govern
 ance\, and cultural detachment from soil) remains unaddressed. Current soi
 l policies and assessments focus mainly on one-way causality\, describing 
 how human activities degrade soils\, while underestimating the feedback lo
 ops through which degraded soils in turn reshape behaviours\, governance\,
  and economic systems. This leads to policies that undervalue the true cos
 ts of degradation and overlook soil health as a driver of transformative c
 hange. LandPrint responds by conceptualising soil as part of a layered soc
 io-ecological system: socio-cultural practices (subsoil)\, political-regul
 atory frameworks (topsoil)\, and economic and behavioural incentives (surf
 ace)\, all interacting with biophysical indicators. Through these\, LandPr
 int integrates evidence\, models\, and participatory methods to reveal the
  two-way feedbacks between land degradation and human systems. The project
  is structured around four interconnected roots: Explore (harmonised indic
 ator & data matrix across disciplines)\, Explain (mapping behavioural\, in
 stitutional\, and economic drivers)\, Experiment (nested modelling with ag
 roeconomic tools\, ABM\, and FABLE pathways)\, and Enable (Policy Toolbox\
 , EU Soil Policy Lab\, peer-learning cycles\, and cultural foresight works
 hops). Five case studies across diverse pedoclimatic and socio-economic co
 ntexts provide the evidence base\, feeding data into EU infrastructures su
 ch as SoilWise and EUSO.LandPrint directly supports the EU Mission “A So
 il Deal for Europe” by delivering 3 advances: (i) evidence on the true c
 osts and multi-layered drivers of degradation\, (ii) policy tools for read
 iness\, feasibility\, and equity\, and (iii) pathways to embed soil health
  in climate resilience and territorial cohesion.
DTSTAMP:20260825T193843Z
LOCATION:Basement (Foyer)
SUMMARY:LandPrint: Mapping the Human Imprint on Soil Health Drivers\, Costs
 \, and Solutions Across Europe - Georgios Chatzichristos\, Emanuel Lekakis
 \, Sofia Magopoulou\, ELENI KALOPESA
URL:https://pretalx.earthmonitor.org/soil-health-now-2026/talk/GKP8GR/
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