The project seeked to answer the following questions: 

• What innovative approach can we use to collect key data supporting the sustainable use of soil as a resource in sufficiently high quality but at more frequent intervals than before?  

• How can we optimize the interaction of the different technologies, work steps, and stakeholders in a highly complex and large-scale project? 

• How, and by means of what products, can we best put the documented soil properties to use as services that the soil provides for climate protection, biodiversity, spatial planning, and sustainable agriculture? 

The data will soon be made available on the geoportal of the Canton of Bern. In a subsequent step, the findings will be put into practice.

The project is being carried out by the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL) at Bern University of Applied Sciences, in close cooperation with the Swiss Soil Competence Center (KOBO).