InBestSoil: Monetary valuation of soil ecosystem services and creation of initiatives to invest in soil health: setting a framework for the inclusion of soil health in business and in the policy making process

欧洲一半以上的土壤因污染、侵蚀和压实等问题而退化，在气候变化的情况下，这种退化可能会恶化。目前，土壤质量的损失估计每年造成500亿欧元的损失。然而，土壤健康仍然被认为是一个抽象的概念，不能引入金融活动，也很难就此立法。InBestSoil的目标是通过开发健康土壤所提供的生态系统服务和土壤干预影响的经济评估系统，并将其纳入商业模式和激励措施，共同创建一个投资于土壤健康保护和恢复的框架。这将使公共和私人组织能够为其土壤健康行动赋予经济价值，与当地利益相关者共同设计战略，并共同努力实现国家和欧盟的政策目标。InBestSoil将提供数据、证据、工具和模型，以评估土壤健康投资如何有助于向土壤的长期弹性和可持续利用过渡，使用6个灯塔和3个生活实验室，提供来自欧洲（北方、大陆、大西洋、地中海）和不同土地用途（农业、森林、城市、采矿）的4个生物地理区域共9个研究区域，作为共同创造和共同设计（多参与者方法）的模型。负责任的研究和创新以及开放科学)。这个为期48个月的项目将涉及来自10个国家的20个合作伙伴，他们的情况各不相同（大学、中小企业、咨询公司、农民和非政府组织等）。这种设计将促进成果的扩大和国际化，促进全球公司、公共管理部门和投资集团在土壤健康方面的投资。

More than half of Europe's soils are degraded by pollution, erosion, and compaction, among other problems, and, in a climate change scenario, this degradation is likely to worsen. Currently, the loss of soil quality is costing an estimated €50 billion per year. However, soil health is still considered an abstract concept that cannot be introduced into financial activities and on which it is very difficult to legislate. The objective of InBestSoil is to co-create a framework for investment in conservation and recovery of soil health, by developing an economic valuation system of the ecosystem services delivered by a healthy soil and the impacts of soil interventions, and its incorporation into business models and incentives. This will allow public and private organizations to give economic value to their actions over soil health, codesign strategies with local stakeholders, and work collectively to deliver national and EU policy ambitions. InBestSoil will provide data, evidence, tools and models to assess how investment in soil health can contribute to the transition to a long-term resilient and sustainable use of soil, using 6 lighthouses and 3 living labs, which provides a total of 9 study areas across 4 biogeographic regions from Europe (Boreal, Continental, Atlantic, Mediterranean), and different land uses (agriculture, forest, urban, mining), as models for co creation and co-design (multi-actor approach, responsible research and innovation and open science). This 48-month project will involve twenty partners from ten countries, with very different profiles (universities, small and medium-sized enterprises, consultancies, farmers, and NOGs, among others). This design will facilitate the scaling up of results and their internationalisation, facilitating investments in soil health for companies, public administrations and investment groups around the globe.