Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils
The HoliSoils Key Messages offer a clear snapshot of what the project is learning about forest soils: how they sustain ecosystems, help tackle climate change, respond to different management choices and why better monitoring matters. Developed by HoliSoils experts, they make complex science accessible for a wide audience.
The HoliSoils Policy Brief series summarises state-of-the-art research results and provides policy recommendations on issues related to forest soils and their key role in climate change mitigation. Each brief provides a concise synthesis of the main research findings by distinguished scientists from the HoliSoils team.
The HoliSoils Publications section showcases cutting-edge scientific research produced within the project, ranging from peer-reviewed journal articles to technical reports and modelling studies. They address topics such as soil carbon dynamics, climate change impacts, monitoring methodologies and sustainable forest management practices. Together, these publications reflect the project’s contribution to advancing soil science and providing evidence to support climate action, policy development and sustainable land use.
The HoliSoils Factsheets provide short, informative guides that distil major insights from the project’s research on forest soils. They connect scientific results with real world application, offering readers practical knowledge to improve soil monitoring, sustainable management and resilience to climate change.
The HoliSoils Education Pack brings together key knowledge, tools, and resources developed by the project to support learning and teaching on forest soils. It translates scientific research into accessible educational material, combining core concepts, practical guidance, and hands-on tools to help educators and learners better understand soil functioning, sustainable forest management, and resilience to climate change.
The HoliSoils Synthesis Reports present project results in accessible form and provide targeted knowledge on forest soils, their management, and their role in sustaining ecosystem services. Each report offers a concise synthesis of findings and practical tools for audiences including policy makers, practitioners, experts, educators, and the wider public.
The HoliSoils webinars bring together researchers, policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders to discuss advances in forest soil science and their implications for climate change mitigation and sustainable land management. These sessions serve as a platform to share project results, exchange knowledge and foster dialogue across disciplines and sectors, ensuring that the insights generated by the HoliSoils team reach diverse audiences.
This new series of HoliSoils short videos features interviews with the project’s coordinators and representatives of it key target groups to find out how HoliSoils stakeholders can benefit from the project. From forest owners, managers and industry to certification bodies and forest networks, the project offers important new findings to its targeted end users, which are tailored thanks to dedication and collaboration from some leading experts who represent these groups.
The HoliSoils Stakeholder and End-User Advisory Board (SEAB) comprises 13 members, including FOREXT, CPF, UPM, EUSTAFOR and FSC whose representatives are now featured in HoliSoils video spots. There, they share why the research developed by HoliSoils is valuable for their organisations and the actors they represent. By providing novel approaches and groundbreaking soil science, HoliSoils contributes to more sustainable and informed management of the forests by those who are part of, or collaborate with, SEAB organisations.
HoliSoils aims to promote holistic soil management approaches for people and organisations who can make a difference. The collaboration with the SEAB enables an active exchange of knowledge and practice, enhancing the quality and ownership of HoliSoils outputs among end users, and ensuring a wider dissemination and exploitation of the project’s results.
The HoliSoils scientific and dissemination posters summarise state-of-the-art research results and help to share scientific advances in the field of forest soils and their key role in climate change mitigation with the entire scientific community. The posters are the result of the work developed by the distinguished scientists of the HoliSoils team.
The HoliSoils brochures, available in English and several national languages, present the project’s objectives and activities, emphasising the role of forest soils in climate change mitigation. They offer a concise synthesis of tools, outputs and practices developed by the HoliSoils team.
