As 61% of the territories of the EU member states are under severe degradation, the new directive voted on 23/10/2025, “Soil Monitoring & Resilience,” implements targets for the entire EU territory by 2050, with definitions and rules for assessing soil health, sustainable soil management, as well as measures for the remediation of contaminated areas.

The AgriBusiness Forum, in collaboration with ELGO-Demeter, the Agricultural University of Athens, the Hellenic Space Center, and the i-BEC Interbalkan Environment Centre, organizing a working meeting on Tuesday, 9/12/2025, on the topic: “The New European Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience” to review the soil resources monitoring requirements, the monitoring framework, its integration into the current and new Common Agricultural Policy, the management of the energy footprint, and the impact of these factors on the overall primary sector’s ecosystem, including processing, distribution, and the consumption of agricultural products.