HoliSoils

Working together for forest soils

Holistic management practices, modelling & monitoring for European Forest Soils

HoliSoils tackles gaps in knowledge on forest soil processes and aims to harmonise available soil monitoring information to support decision making towards climate and sustainability goals. HoliSoils identifies and tests novel soil management practices aiming to mitigate climate change and sustain provision of various ecosystem services essential for human livelihoods and wellbeing.

DOWNLOAD BROCHURE

data

Soil data from all over Europe and synthesised knowledge on vulnerability, resilience, and soil properties, among others.

models

Research models and tools to help stakeholders and scientists understand environmental and human-caused effects and impacts on forest soils.

maps

Open access maps that provide valuable information and data on forest soils for scientists, modellers, ecologists, and foresters.

methods

Guidelines and protocols for LULUCF experts, forest managers and owners and forest and soil monitoring networks.

News

How long can trees survive without water?

March 6, 2023

A new podcast episode investigates the consequence of water deprivation to trees. Peter Wohlleben, a NY-times bestselling author and forester, interviews Dr. Karin Pritsch, from the Helmholtz Institutes, and Prof. Thorsten Grams, from the…

Continue Reading How long can trees survive without water?

New postdoctoral opportunity on microbial diversity and soil processes

March 2, 2023

A new postdoc position has been opened at the Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, with a focus on microbial processes in soil. The ideal candidate has strong quantitative skills (statistical or process-based modelling)…

Continue Reading New postdoctoral opportunity on microbial diversity and soil processes

More news

Soil benefits

Forest soils are teeming with life and biodiversity. They enable the growth of trees, berry plants and mushrooms that are essential to human consumption and economy and contribute to mitigation of the climate change by storing carbon and consuming greenhouse gas methane.

More information

Cookie	Duration	Description
_GRECAPTCHA	5 months 27 days	This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	11 months	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	11 months	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
CookieLawInfoConsent	1 year	Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_ga_P62SCX7MZR	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.

Cookie	Duration	Description
ultp_view_220	1 day	No description
ultp_view_59	1 day	No description
ultp_view_621	1 day	No description
ultp_view_760	1 day	No description
ultp_view_840	1 day	No description
ultp_view_863	1 day	No description
ultp_view_876	1 day	No description
ultp_view_893	1 day	No description