MINOTAUR aimed to provide models, maps and policy-relevant indicators with validated reference values for monitoring soil biodiversity and associated functions. Moreover, it aimed to understand how agricultural practices can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation at regional and national levels across the EU. 

The project collaborated with relevant EU research projects, international soil biodiversity networks and programs to harmonize and integrate soil biodiversity data and contribute to support long-term harmonized EU soil information and international reporting. Taking place in hybrid format, the Final meeting will present the final results from each of the project’s work packages.

The sessions will feature presentations and panel discussions with project partners. Annamaria Bevivino, leader of Task 2.2.5 “Data and metadata related to bacteria (quality control)”, will present the main results obtained on biodiversity data that have been collected across all the European Union countries. Establishing of a framework shared among all involved datasets (macro-, meso-, micro-invertebrates and fungi) will permit to guide the collection, harmonization and organization the existing EU data on bacterial biodiversity.