The EGU 2024 includes a large number of sessions on soil system sciences. The session  Soil Pollution and Reclamation (SSS7) focuses on restoration and includes the international session Reclamation, Recultivation and Restoration in UN decade of Ecosystem Restoration, is convened by Jan Frouz, Biology Cetre of ISSB, Czechia. The aim of this session is to discuss general concepts, techniques, and outcomes as well as the social and environmental relevance of ecosystem restoration. Contributions describing specific restoration projects or techniques as…