| COMMON FORUM MEETING IN DUBLIN: FINAL REPORT |
The final report of the COMMON FORUM meeting, held in Dublin (March 26-27, 2009) is now available.
(PDF file - 139 KB)
The meeting presentations are also available.
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| NEW LOGO FOR THE COMMON FORUM |
Please have a look to this proposition of new logo for the Common Forum.
(PDF file - 166 KB)
Common Forum members are welcomed to mail us their opinion before June 15, 2009 at:
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| TAXES ON CONTAMINATED SOILS LANDFILLING |
Synthesis of the answers received after Ana's request (22/02/2009)
now available. (Spanish Basque Country request)
(PDF file - 298 KB)
The document has been updated with details from UK. Should Common Forum members wish to complete the document for their country, they are welcomed to contact:
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| INVITATION TO ATTEND THE JUNE NICOLE NETWORK WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION |
The subject of this meeting will be:
"Sustainable remediation – A solution to an Unsustainable Past?”
It will be held on June 3–5, 2009, at the Provincial House of Flemish Brabant, Provincieplein 1, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
More information on NICOLE Web site
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| UK UPDATED INFORMATION / CLEA BULLETIN MARCH 2009 |
Since the Dublin meeting, the Environment Agency for England and Wales published updated Soil Guidelines Values for six substances today (BTEX, Selenium and inorganic Mercury).
Get further information and free bulletin via UKEA website at:
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/research/planning/33716.aspx
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| ENVASSO: Environmental ASsessment of Soil for mOnitoring |
The Project's main objective was to define and document a soil monitoring system for implementation in support of a Soil Framework Directive, aimed at protecting soil in the EU. The final reports (6 Volumes) from the ENVASSO project can be download through the following link:
http://eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/envasso/
(Information extracted from the European Commission Joint Research Centre News Letter Volume 4, April 2009)
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| EUGRIS CORNER |
New Documents on EUGRIS, the platform for European contaminated soil and water information. Resources, events projects and news items added on EUGRIS can be viewed at http://www.eugris.info/whatsnew.asp. Then select the appropriate month and year for the updates in which you are interested.
However, here is a selection of new additions to EUGRIS prepared by Paul Bardos (r3 Environmental Technology Ltd) for COMMON FORUM members.
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| SOIL DEGRADATION, RIGA 2009 |
International Conference “SOIL DEGRADATION Riga 2009” was held in Riga, Lettonie - February 17-19, 2009. It was organized by VentEko Ltd and the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Latvia.
Conference Proceedings are now available on VenEko web site
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| FORTHCOMING EVENTS |
Contaminated sites – Bratislava 2009
International conference June 15-17, 2009, in Brastislava, Slovak Republic.
http://www.ekotox.sk
GreenRemediation - Incorporating Sustainable Approaches in Site Remediation
International Conference November 9-10, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Call for Abstracts: Deadline for abstracts is June 8, 2009. Conference programme will be available from June 30, 2009.
More information and abstract guidelines are available at: http://www.polytec.dk/GreenRemediation
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