SIREN - Stocktaking for Agricultural Soil Quality and Ecosystem Services Indicators and their Reference Values

The SIREN project will make an inventory of indicator systems for assessing soil quality and ecosystem services, as currently used by Member States associated in the EJP SOIL and beyond.

SIREN will identify and review the national frameworks and chains from soil properties via soil functions to soil ecosystem services and the indicators of soil quality state and functions plus their reference values across pedo-climatic conditions for the main agricultural production systems in the EU. Also,

SIREN will identify if these have been translated into policy options and implementation, and into directions and guidance on land management.

SIREN will particularly stocktake the array of reference values for SOC, soil quality, soil biodiversity and degradation risk, the associated target values of indicators, and identify knowledge gaps and development needs.