25 Year Environment Plan Outcome Indicator E7: Healthy soils – Progress report
Summary
Healthy soils are critical for the delivery of ecosystem services such as food production, water regulation, biodiversity support, and carbon storage. Maintaining soil health is crucial for soils to be resilient to climate change impacts, including increased flooding and drought. The 25 Year Environment Plan acknowledges this significance by including 'soil health' as one of 66 indicators of environmental change in the Outcome Indicator Framework. These indicators will help to show how the environment is changing over time and support the assessment of policies and other interventions.
This report details the ongoing progress towards developing a national soil health indicator, including both the data collection and the work building upon the initial concept from the JNCC study and adapting it for a nationwide application.
The final indicator will be published once sufficient data have been collected through the tNCEA programme.
This resource may not be fully accessible for all users. If you need a copy in a different or more accessible format, please contact Communications@jncc.gov.uk.
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Licence
Open Government LicenceAttribution statement
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Technical information
Update frequency
asNeeded
Lineage
Data was collected through the NCEA England Ecosystem Survey programme. Data cleaning was undertaken by the Environment Agency.
Spatial information
Coordinate reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700Geographic extent
- Latitude from: 49.943 to 55.816
- Longitude from: -6.236 to 2.072
Metadata information
Language
English
Metadata identifier
0b7acfb2-6a16-4e0f-8f1c-866221f0237e
Published by
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Contact publisher
N/A
Dataset reference dates
Creation date
31 March 2024
Revision date
31 March 2024
Publication date
31 March 2024
Period
- From: 01 April 2023
- To: 31 March 2024
Related datasets
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| Healthy soils are critical for the delivery of ecosystem services such as food production, water regulation, biodiversity support, and carbon storage. Maintaining soil health is crucial for soils to be resilient to climate change impacts, including increased flooding and drought. The 25 Year Environment Plan acknowledges this significance by including 'soil health' as one of 66 indicators of environmental change in the Outcome Indicator Framework. These indicators will help to show how the environment is changing over time and support the assessment of policies and other interventions. This report details the ongoing progress towards developing a national soil health indicator, including both the data collection and the work building upon the initial concept from the JNCC study and adapting it for a nationwide application. The final indicator will be published once sufficient data have been collected through the tNCEA programme. This resource may not be fully accessible for all users. If you need a copy in a different or more accessible format, please contact Communications@jncc.gov.uk. | Open link |