A user consultation workshop on space-based EO tools for mapping and monitoring soils took place from 02 - 03 July 2019 at ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy with the aim to bring together stakeholders from the policy and user domain with remote sensing experts to discuss the necessary steps to develop such a system.

IBEC participated in the Consultation Meeting and presented, to more than 50 EO worldwide soild experts (e.g. JRC, ISRIC, etc), e-shape's bottom up conceptualization which will be deployed in order to “shape” the future for the establishment of an EO driven approach for large scale soil mapping. This approach will be tested on two large scale areas within the frame of the e-shape project having as an end goal to support agricultural monitoring and reporting in compliance with SDG 2.

Read more: http://worldsoils2019.esa.int/index.php

The presentation is available here