Activities under this topic will help to progress towards the objectives of the Mission 'A Soil Deal for Europe', in particular its specific objectives 4 "Reduce soil pollution and enhance restoration", 6 "Improve soil structure to enhance habitat quality for soil biota and crops" and 8 "Improve soil literacy in society". Activities will also contribute to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, to the revised EU Pollinators Initiative "A new deal for pollinators", to the future EU Nature Restoration Law and the proposed Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive, to the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, including the EU Action Plan on the Development of Organic Production, and to the goals of the UN CBD COP-15. It also directly contributes to the achievement of several of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in particular SDG 15 by halting biodiversity loss and halting and reversing land degradation and SDG2 on food security as activities are expected to improve pollination ecosystem services, which are key for food production.
Projects results are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:
- Improved knowledge and understanding of the biology and ecology of insect species spending part of their life cycle on or in the soil,
