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IGME has its own soil projects and participates also in the EU co-financed GS Soil project, and other international projects. Mission & Objectives: The establishment of the European Soil Strategy has enforced the link between soil information and geo-information. This has generated the need for interoperable, accessible and harmonised soil datasets for the EU. GS Soil aims, through state-of-the-art methodologies and best practice examples, to improve harmonisation of national datasets and make them more accessible and exploitable. Therefore, it contributes to the INSPIRE implementation with specific reference to a cluster of data themes on nature conservation. The main objective of the GS Soil is to: (1) involve stakeholders and soil data providers; (2) share datasets and best practices; (3) improve and stimulate exploitation and (4) the re-use of information on soils. The GEMAS project aims to establish a harmonised geochemical database for agricultural and grazing land soil in support of the REACH directive, but also to environmental and mineral exploration policies.