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Consortium wants to intensively investigate German soils – Background

By | July 7, 2025

Yesterday, a consortium consisting of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), the Fraunhofer Society, and ten other institutions announced plans to investigate the biodiversity of Germany's soils in the research project "Basic Assessment of Soil Biodiversity" (BioDive4Soil). The aim is to define "good biological soil condition" and identify any significant deviations. Along with the collection of data on earthworms, springtails, mites, nematodes, fungi, and bacteria… Read more »