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About this portal

This portal

Over the course of the HoliSoils project, a lot of data has been collected and maps were created. The purpose of this portal is to make the results accessible to anyone who is interested. The current focus of the portal is on European maps of soil properties in forests. The final portal includes European maps of soil properties in forests, a map of peatlands in the Baltic states, and a biodiversity map. The portal is being continuously updated as results become available. The maps are made to be explored. On the right-hand side there will always be a statistical overview of the data visible in the current map section. This overview changes continuously when the map section is changed by zooming in.
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The HoliSoils project

HoliSoils - Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils – is an ongoing Horizon 2020 project (May 2021- October 2025) to develop a harmonised soil monitoring framework. It identifies and tests soil management practices aiming to mitigate climate change and sustain provision of various ecosystem services essential for human livelihoods and wellbeing. In HoliSoils, 20 institutes from all over Europe, Japan and Uruguay work together. We are in close contact to our stakeholder organisations to enable an exchange of knowledge, practices and the exploitation and joint dissemination of HoliSoils results. If you want to learn more about the HoliSoils project, visit the HoliSoils homepage: https://holisoils.eu

Geonode

This site is based on the open-source software GeoNode. GeoNode is a platform for developing geospatial information systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI). The published maps are not static, but can be changed and explored by zooming in or selecting certain layers. The HoliSoils Portal was designed specifically for HoliSois project project.

Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut,
Bundesforschungsinstitut für Ländliche Räume, Wald und Fischerei
Bundesallee 50
38116 Braunschweig
Germany

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Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute
Prof. Dr. Birgit Kleinschmit
Bundesallee 50
38116 Braunschweig
Telephone  +49 531 5961003
info@  thuenen.  de

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The Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute endeavors to make its website accessible in accordance with the national legal provisions for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and the Council.

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• Map and geodata applications (interactive maps, GeoNode components) are only partially operable with keyboard or screen readers.
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Über diese Internet-Seite

Diese Internet-Seite gehört zu einem Projekt.

Das Projekt heißt: HoliSoils-Projekt.

Viele Partner arbeiten mit.
Die Partner kommen aus Europa.
Sie kommen auch aus Japan und Uruguay.

Der Projekt-Name ist sehr lang.
Er heißt:

HoliSoils – Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils.

Das bedeutet:
Wir erforschen Waldböden in Europa.

Was Sie auf dieser Seite finden

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Sprache

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