🌿 Introducing TERRASAFE
TERRASAFE is here to help communities confront #desertification
Watch our short, animated explainer to learn how we are working with landowners and local authorities across southern Europe and north Africa in our ambitious 5-year research project
▶️ youtu.be/m1Oa0NRDQTM
TERRASAFE is here to help communities confront #desertification
Watch our short, animated explainer to learn how we are working with landowners and local authorities across southern Europe and north Africa in our ambitious 5-year research project
▶️ youtu.be/m1Oa0NRDQTM
Combatting desertification: Introducing TERRASAFE
YouTube video by TERRASAFE EU
youtu.be
February 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
🌿 Introducing TERRASAFE
TERRASAFE is here to help communities confront #desertification
Watch our short, animated explainer to learn how we are working with landowners and local authorities across southern Europe and north Africa in our ambitious 5-year research project
▶️ youtu.be/m1Oa0NRDQTM
TERRASAFE is here to help communities confront #desertification
Watch our short, animated explainer to learn how we are working with landowners and local authorities across southern Europe and north Africa in our ambitious 5-year research project
▶️ youtu.be/m1Oa0NRDQTM
A new TERRASAFE study explores how people make sense of rural #depopulation.
By understanding these narratives, policymakers can design rural interventions that are more likely to gain local support and deliver impact.
Read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#MissionSoil #HorizonEU
By understanding these narratives, policymakers can design rural interventions that are more likely to gain local support and deliver impact.
Read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#MissionSoil #HorizonEU
September 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
A new TERRASAFE study explores how people make sense of rural #depopulation.
By understanding these narratives, policymakers can design rural interventions that are more likely to gain local support and deliver impact.
Read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#MissionSoil #HorizonEU
By understanding these narratives, policymakers can design rural interventions that are more likely to gain local support and deliver impact.
Read the paper here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#MissionSoil #HorizonEU
Across southern Europe & North Africa, landscapes that once supported thriving agricultural communities are increasingly under threat. @tomtimberlake.bsky.social gives an overview of his work on the TERRASAFE project to empower communities to combat desertification.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
October 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Across southern Europe & North Africa, landscapes that once supported thriving agricultural communities are increasingly under threat. @tomtimberlake.bsky.social gives an overview of his work on the TERRASAFE project to empower communities to combat desertification.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
How can we reduce depopulation-driven desertification? Policy recommendations | TERRASAFE
terrasafe.eu
August 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Hello, Bluesky!
We'd like to introduce ourselves. Our project, TERRASAFE, aims to combat desertification by working with local communities to co-test innovations.
Follow if interested in #Desertification, #SoilHealth, #ClimateCrisis, and #LandDegradation! #MissionSoil
🌐https://terrasafe.eu/
We'd like to introduce ourselves. Our project, TERRASAFE, aims to combat desertification by working with local communities to co-test innovations.
Follow if interested in #Desertification, #SoilHealth, #ClimateCrisis, and #LandDegradation! #MissionSoil
🌐https://terrasafe.eu/
November 26, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Hello, Bluesky!
We'd like to introduce ourselves. Our project, TERRASAFE, aims to combat desertification by working with local communities to co-test innovations.
Follow if interested in #Desertification, #SoilHealth, #ClimateCrisis, and #LandDegradation! #MissionSoil
🌐https://terrasafe.eu/
We'd like to introduce ourselves. Our project, TERRASAFE, aims to combat desertification by working with local communities to co-test innovations.
Follow if interested in #Desertification, #SoilHealth, #ClimateCrisis, and #LandDegradation! #MissionSoil
🌐https://terrasafe.eu/
So today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate their contribution to creating context-specific innovative solutions to climate change-induced desertification.
You can find about all these great researchers and scientists, and what they do for TERRASAFE, here: terrasafe.eu/who-we-are/
You can find about all these great researchers and scientists, and what they do for TERRASAFE, here: terrasafe.eu/who-we-are/
Who we are | TERRASAFE
TERRASAFE includes 13 framework and pilot area partners, alongside 5 innovation partners.
terrasafe.eu
March 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
So today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate their contribution to creating context-specific innovative solutions to climate change-induced desertification.
You can find about all these great researchers and scientists, and what they do for TERRASAFE, here: terrasafe.eu/who-we-are/
You can find about all these great researchers and scientists, and what they do for TERRASAFE, here: terrasafe.eu/who-we-are/
Excited to be part of the EU-UKRI-funded @desertificationeu.bsky.social project! Over the next five years, we’ll be co-testing innovative solutions to combat desertification.
Watch our explainer video to learn more! 🌱
#ClimateChange #Desertification #SoilHealth
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Watch our explainer video to learn more! 🌱
#ClimateChange #Desertification #SoilHealth
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Combatting desertification: Introducing TERRASAFE
YouTube video by TERRASAFE EU
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excited to be part of the EU-UKRI-funded @desertificationeu.bsky.social project! Over the next five years, we’ll be co-testing innovative solutions to combat desertification.
Watch our explainer video to learn more! 🌱
#ClimateChange #Desertification #SoilHealth
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Watch our explainer video to learn more! 🌱
#ClimateChange #Desertification #SoilHealth
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
How can we reduce depopulation-driven desertification? Policy recommendations | TERRASAFE
terrasafe.eu
March 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
How can we reduce depopulation-driven desertification? Policy recommendations | TERRASAFE
terrasafe.eu
September 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Our new desertification newsletter is out, featuring an interview with Mark Schauer, Co-coordinator of the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative (ELD) about why calculating the value of land is a pragmatic way of saving nature.
Access it here:
Access it here:
Our latest TERRASAFE newsletter is out | TERRASAFE
by Deborah Talbot | Jun 26, 2026 | News | 0 comments
terrasafe.eu
July 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Our new desertification newsletter is out, featuring an interview with Mark Schauer, Co-coordinator of the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative (ELD) about why calculating the value of land is a pragmatic way of saving nature.
Access it here:
Access it here:
Last week brought together a group of interdisciplinary desertification experts from across Europe and North Africa for the TERRASAFE #WOCAT-QM Training Workshop, held at The Cyprus Institute!
#Desert #HorizonEurope #MissionSoil
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#Desert #HorizonEurope #MissionSoil
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December 4, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Last week brought together a group of interdisciplinary desertification experts from across Europe and North Africa for the TERRASAFE #WOCAT-QM Training Workshop, held at The Cyprus Institute!
#Desert #HorizonEurope #MissionSoil
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#Desert #HorizonEurope #MissionSoil
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TERRASAFE has made one thing very clear from the start: change can’t happen without people.
In our new blog, @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and @proflinds.bsky.social (@yesiuoy.bsky.social) explain why building desertification-resilient communities starts with listening
terrasafe.eu/2025/05/02/b...
In our new blog, @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and @proflinds.bsky.social (@yesiuoy.bsky.social) explain why building desertification-resilient communities starts with listening
terrasafe.eu/2025/05/02/b...
May 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
TERRASAFE has made one thing very clear from the start: change can’t happen without people.
In our new blog, @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and @proflinds.bsky.social (@yesiuoy.bsky.social) explain why building desertification-resilient communities starts with listening
terrasafe.eu/2025/05/02/b...
In our new blog, @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and @proflinds.bsky.social (@yesiuoy.bsky.social) explain why building desertification-resilient communities starts with listening
terrasafe.eu/2025/05/02/b...
We’re getting ready to celebrate World Soil Day on 5th December 🌱
To mark the occasion, we’re planning to launch our very first TERRASAFE newsletter!
Don’t miss out on receiving a copy - subscribe now via our website: www.terrasafe.eu
#WorldSoilDay #WSD24 #SoilHealth
To mark the occasion, we’re planning to launch our very first TERRASAFE newsletter!
Don’t miss out on receiving a copy - subscribe now via our website: www.terrasafe.eu
#WorldSoilDay #WSD24 #SoilHealth
November 29, 2024 at 2:39 PM
We’re getting ready to celebrate World Soil Day on 5th December 🌱
To mark the occasion, we’re planning to launch our very first TERRASAFE newsletter!
Don’t miss out on receiving a copy - subscribe now via our website: www.terrasafe.eu
#WorldSoilDay #WSD24 #SoilHealth
To mark the occasion, we’re planning to launch our very first TERRASAFE newsletter!
Don’t miss out on receiving a copy - subscribe now via our website: www.terrasafe.eu
#WorldSoilDay #WSD24 #SoilHealth
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
How can we reduce depopulation-driven desertification? Policy recommendations | TERRASAFE
terrasafe.eu
October 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
We are pleased to announce Lindsay as the winner of the TERRASAFE photo competition. Congratulations!
Explore more about the TERRASAFE project here: terrasafe.eu
#photocompetition #desertification #soilhealth #missionsoil #horizoneurope #soil #soilmatters #learning #farming #drought
Explore more about the TERRASAFE project here: terrasafe.eu
#photocompetition #desertification #soilhealth #missionsoil #horizoneurope #soil #soilmatters #learning #farming #drought
June 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We are pleased to announce Lindsay as the winner of the TERRASAFE photo competition. Congratulations!
Explore more about the TERRASAFE project here: terrasafe.eu
#photocompetition #desertification #soilhealth #missionsoil #horizoneurope #soil #soilmatters #learning #farming #drought
Explore more about the TERRASAFE project here: terrasafe.eu
#photocompetition #desertification #soilhealth #missionsoil #horizoneurope #soil #soilmatters #learning #farming #drought
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
How can we reduce depopulation-driven desertification? Policy recommendations | TERRASAFE
terrasafe.eu
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🎴 Depopulation as a driver of #desertification with the loss of these people, we also lose knowledge of how to sustain vibrant agricultural landscapes.
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Read these policy recommendations by @desertificationeu.bsky.social 👇
Murcia, Spain, is one of the driest regions in Europe. #Desertification leaves much farmland bare.
José Méndez & Juan Andrés are two of the farmers working with TERRASAFE researchers in the region. Here they explain what desertification means for them and other farmers in Murcia.
#HorizonEurope
José Méndez & Juan Andrés are two of the farmers working with TERRASAFE researchers in the region. Here they explain what desertification means for them and other farmers in Murcia.
#HorizonEurope
September 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Murcia, Spain, is one of the driest regions in Europe. #Desertification leaves much farmland bare.
José Méndez & Juan Andrés are two of the farmers working with TERRASAFE researchers in the region. Here they explain what desertification means for them and other farmers in Murcia.
#HorizonEurope
José Méndez & Juan Andrés are two of the farmers working with TERRASAFE researchers in the region. Here they explain what desertification means for them and other farmers in Murcia.
#HorizonEurope
TerraSafe Appoints Dr. Julie Willoughby as CEO to Lead the Global Transformation of the Packaging Industry. TerraSafe Materials, Inc. and its sister company, DisSolves, Inc.established a new facility located at 35 Weathers St. in Youngsville, N.C. Last year .
www.cbs42.com/business/pre...
www.cbs42.com/business/pre...
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
TerraSafe Appoints Dr. Julie Willoughby as CEO to Lead the Global Transformation of the Packaging Industry. TerraSafe Materials, Inc. and its sister company, DisSolves, Inc.established a new facility located at 35 Weathers St. in Youngsville, N.C. Last year .
www.cbs42.com/business/pre...
www.cbs42.com/business/pre...
Cartegena Desert: Photo competition!
We held a photo competition during our recent excursion to Cartegena, Spain, one of our pilot areas. Congratulations to Martinho, our second runner-up in the TERRASAFE photo competition.
#ClimateCrisis #PhotoCompetition #Drought #Desert #HorizonEurope #TERRASAFE
We held a photo competition during our recent excursion to Cartegena, Spain, one of our pilot areas. Congratulations to Martinho, our second runner-up in the TERRASAFE photo competition.
#ClimateCrisis #PhotoCompetition #Drought #Desert #HorizonEurope #TERRASAFE
June 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Cartegena Desert: Photo competition!
We held a photo competition during our recent excursion to Cartegena, Spain, one of our pilot areas. Congratulations to Martinho, our second runner-up in the TERRASAFE photo competition.
#ClimateCrisis #PhotoCompetition #Drought #Desert #HorizonEurope #TERRASAFE
We held a photo competition during our recent excursion to Cartegena, Spain, one of our pilot areas. Congratulations to Martinho, our second runner-up in the TERRASAFE photo competition.
#ClimateCrisis #PhotoCompetition #Drought #Desert #HorizonEurope #TERRASAFE
We’re proud to tell you about ISOTECH’s Circular Compost Scheme in Cyrpus, whose symbiotic green waste management system turns garden and pruning waste into high-quality compost.
Local farmers are co-owners, they bring in green waste and take back compost for free.
#TERRASAFE #HorizonEU
Local farmers are co-owners, they bring in green waste and take back compost for free.
#TERRASAFE #HorizonEU
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
We’re proud to tell you about ISOTECH’s Circular Compost Scheme in Cyrpus, whose symbiotic green waste management system turns garden and pruning waste into high-quality compost.
Local farmers are co-owners, they bring in green waste and take back compost for free.
#TERRASAFE #HorizonEU
Local farmers are co-owners, they bring in green waste and take back compost for free.
#TERRASAFE #HorizonEU
What does desertification feel like to those coping with it? Spanish farmers José and Juan work with TERRASAFE researchers to implement innovations to combat desertification, and here they talk about what's happening to the landscape as desertification accelerates.
#desertification #climatechange
#desertification #climatechange
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
What does desertification feel like to those coping with it? Spanish farmers José and Juan work with TERRASAFE researchers to implement innovations to combat desertification, and here they talk about what's happening to the landscape as desertification accelerates.
#desertification #climatechange
#desertification #climatechange
To ensure change happens in agriculture, we need to team up with other organisations and programmes.
That's why TERRASAFE has joined the AgroTech Hub Cluster Group - to connect with like-minded #HorizonEU projects.
Come to AgroTech's first webinar: www.f6s.com/agrotech-hub...
#soilscience
That's why TERRASAFE has joined the AgroTech Hub Cluster Group - to connect with like-minded #HorizonEU projects.
Come to AgroTech's first webinar: www.f6s.com/agrotech-hub...
#soilscience
March 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM
To ensure change happens in agriculture, we need to team up with other organisations and programmes.
That's why TERRASAFE has joined the AgroTech Hub Cluster Group - to connect with like-minded #HorizonEU projects.
Come to AgroTech's first webinar: www.f6s.com/agrotech-hub...
#soilscience
That's why TERRASAFE has joined the AgroTech Hub Cluster Group - to connect with like-minded #HorizonEU projects.
Come to AgroTech's first webinar: www.f6s.com/agrotech-hub...
#soilscience
"The passion and collaboration within TERRASAFE are inspiring. It's rewarding to be part of a project that values local voices and aims for real impact on the ground."
Check out EU Mission Soil's interview with @cachivers.bsky.social: lnkd.in/eQrQrDC8
We're delighted to be in their newsletter!
Check out EU Mission Soil's interview with @cachivers.bsky.social: lnkd.in/eQrQrDC8
We're delighted to be in their newsletter!
July 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"The passion and collaboration within TERRASAFE are inspiring. It's rewarding to be part of a project that values local voices and aims for real impact on the ground."
Check out EU Mission Soil's interview with @cachivers.bsky.social: lnkd.in/eQrQrDC8
We're delighted to be in their newsletter!
Check out EU Mission Soil's interview with @cachivers.bsky.social: lnkd.in/eQrQrDC8
We're delighted to be in their newsletter!
At #COP16, @proflinds.bsky.social
represented TERRASAFE in a session on innovative approaches to combat land degradation 🤗
She explained how our multi-actor partnerships will empower local communities to tackle #desertification in Europe + N Africa.🤝 #HorizonEurope
terrasafe.eu/2024/12/13/t...
represented TERRASAFE in a session on innovative approaches to combat land degradation 🤗
She explained how our multi-actor partnerships will empower local communities to tackle #desertification in Europe + N Africa.🤝 #HorizonEurope
terrasafe.eu/2024/12/13/t...
December 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM
At #COP16, @proflinds.bsky.social
represented TERRASAFE in a session on innovative approaches to combat land degradation 🤗
She explained how our multi-actor partnerships will empower local communities to tackle #desertification in Europe + N Africa.🤝 #HorizonEurope
terrasafe.eu/2024/12/13/t...
represented TERRASAFE in a session on innovative approaches to combat land degradation 🤗
She explained how our multi-actor partnerships will empower local communities to tackle #desertification in Europe + N Africa.🤝 #HorizonEurope
terrasafe.eu/2024/12/13/t...
🥗 4 food-related interventions could cut land degradation by over half.
That's according to a new analysis by TERRASAFE researcher Lindsay Stringer and colleagues.
🍉 Find out what the interventions are in TERRASAFE's latest blog: terrasafe.eu/2025/09/01/t...
#foodsystems #sustainablediet
That's according to a new analysis by TERRASAFE researcher Lindsay Stringer and colleagues.
🍉 Find out what the interventions are in TERRASAFE's latest blog: terrasafe.eu/2025/09/01/t...
#foodsystems #sustainablediet
September 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🥗 4 food-related interventions could cut land degradation by over half.
That's according to a new analysis by TERRASAFE researcher Lindsay Stringer and colleagues.
🍉 Find out what the interventions are in TERRASAFE's latest blog: terrasafe.eu/2025/09/01/t...
#foodsystems #sustainablediet
That's according to a new analysis by TERRASAFE researcher Lindsay Stringer and colleagues.
🍉 Find out what the interventions are in TERRASAFE's latest blog: terrasafe.eu/2025/09/01/t...
#foodsystems #sustainablediet