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From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Sustainable development indicators in your pocket 2009

    This booklet presents and assesses the indicators - measures of everyday concerns to review progress on sustainable development.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • The Rural-Urban Definition

    Detailed guidance on the Rural-Urban Definition and how and when to apply it.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Rural geographies

    A guide to rural geography and defining other geographies as rural.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • FAWC opinion on pig mutilations and environmental enrichment

    Farm Animal Welfare Council advice to government about the impact on young pigs’ welfare of the mutilations they may be subject to during their lives.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Marine Science Yearbook 2009/2010

    The Marine Science Yearbook 2009/2010 lists all current marine projects.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Marine science yearbooks
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • England's smaller seaside towns: benchmarking study

    This report provides an information base on England’s smaller seaside towns.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Exercise Silver Birch: final evaluation report

    Details of Exercise Silver Birch (2010), which was used to test government contingency plans for an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • FAWC opinion on osteoporosis and bone fractures in laying hens

    Farm Animal Welfare Council advice to government about the extent of hens' bone fractures in all production systems and the impact on welfare.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • The contribution that reporting of greenhouse gas emissions makes to the UK meeting its climate change objectives

    This document contains the following information: The contribution that reporting of greenhouse gas emissions makes to the UK meeting its climate change objectives.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • River water quality indicator

    An annual update (until 2009) that measures chemical and biological river water quality. New indicator in development.

    • Document type: National Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Water quality and abstraction statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Household food and drink waste and purchases

    A one-off report about household food and drink waste linked to food and drink purchases.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Food chain analysis
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Marine Science Yearbook 2008/2009

    The Marine Science Yearbook 2008/2009 lists all current marine projects.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Marine science yearbooks
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Valuing environmental impacts: guidelines for the use of value transfer

    How to value environmental impacts using ‘value transfer’: guidelines prepared by Economics for the Environment Consultancy (eftec).

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • FAWC opinion on dairy cow welfare

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of the welfare issues impacting on the dairy cow.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • FAWC Report on Farm Animal Welfare in Great Britain: Past, Present and Future

    Farm Animal Welfare Council report explaining farm animal welfare assessment and proposing future policy priorities.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • FAWC report on the welfare of farmed animals at slaughter or killing, part two, white meat animals

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of the impact of slaughter or killing operations on the welfare of poultry.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Composition of local authority waste

    Biennial update on the composition of local authority waste for England.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Waste and recycling statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Marine Science Yearbook 2007/2008

    The Marine Science Yearbook 2007/2008 lists all current marine projects.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Part of a collection: Marine science yearbooks
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • FAWC opinion on policy instruments for improvement of farm animal welfare

    Farm Animal Welfare Council advice to government about the range of policy instruments suitable for protecting and improving farm animal welfare.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • FAWC opinion on the welfare of farmed gamebirds

    Farm Animal Welfare Council advice to government about welfare issues facing farmed gamebirds.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated: