The presenters discussed the general assumptions of the PoLaRecCE project, the forms of soil degradation in the Silesian Voivodeship, the results of surveys in municipalities, and the assumptions of the Soil Monitoring Law (SML). At the end of the first part of the seminar, the possibility of using the soil magnetometry method was presented. (ISO 21226:2019) for the preliminary detection of soil contamination (screening).
– General assumptions of the Interreg PoLaRecCE project were presented by Prof. Tadeusz Magiera.
The main tasks discussed in the project included:
1. Identifying problems related to degraded agricultural land in Central European regions.
2. Analyzing the best available field methods for assessing the soil environment and identifying potentially contaminated sites.
3. Examples of practical management of degraded land in pilot plots.
4. Methods for developing guidelines for degraded soil management procedures to restore and maintain their productivity.
– Forms of soil degradation in the Silesian Voivodeship were presented by Ph. D. Adam Łukasik.
The presentation discussed the main causes of land and soil degradation, as well as applicable legal acts related to soil degradation and contamination. Numerous photographs illustrate the most common types of land degradation. Statistics on devastated and degraded land across the country were also presented.
– The results of a survey on degraded land in municipalities in the Silesian Voivodeship were presented by Ph. D. Marcin Szuszkiewicz.
The presentation discussed the purpose and assumptions of the survey, the need to create a database on soil degradation in Central Europe, and regional and interregional trends. Finally, the online database operating as part of the ongoing project was presented: https://apfel.gruppofos.com:8443/Polarecce
– The assumptions of the Soil Monitoring Law (SML) were presented by Ph.D. Michał Bućko.
The presentation discussed the main objectives of the Directive EU 2025/2360) (Soil Monitoring Low), the manner of implementing the obligations arising from this document, the thematic and territorial scope of the Directive, and the applicable deadlines for conducting the first measurements, carrying out the first soil health assessment, and introducing and maintaining a register of potentially contaminated and polluted areas in Poland.