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  • Contaminants in soil: assessing the ecological risk

    Structured approach to assessing the risks to ecology from chemical contamination in soils.

    • Document type: Research and analysis
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • FAWC report on the implications of castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs

    Farm Animal Welfare Council report considering the welfare implications of castration and tail docking of lambs.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Marine Science Yearbook 2006/2007

    The Marine Science Yearbook 2006/2007 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 beak trimming of laying hens

    Farm Animal Welfare Council advice to government on the implications for the welfare of laying hens of a proposed ban on beak trimming.

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

    Farm Animal Welfare Council advice on the welfare implications of enriched cage systems for laying hens.

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

    Farm Animal Welfare Council report exploring the critical influence that stockmanship has on the welfare of farmed animals.

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

    Farm Animal Welfare Council report considering information that can be given to interested consumers about the animal welfare provenance of livestock products.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Methodologies: social cost of carbon estimates in policy assessment

    Research carried out by AEA Technology Environment to help government incorporate social cost of carbon (SCC) values in decision-making.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: Carbon valuation
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Social cost of carbon: a closer look at uncertainty

    Research commissioned from the Stockholm Environment Institute.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: Carbon valuation
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • FAWC report on the welfare implications of farm assurance schemes

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of the impact of farm assurance schemes on farm animal welfare.

    • 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 gatherings

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of the welfare of farmed animals at markets, sales and other gatherings.

    • 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 implications of breeding and breeding technologies

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of the implications of breeding strategies and new breeding technologies for the welfare of farmed animals.

    • 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

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of the welfare implications of the slaughter or killing process: red meat and white meat.

    • 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 broiler breeders

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of broiler breeder production processes and their animal welfare implications.

    • 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 fish

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of the welfare implications of farming processes for salmon and trout.

    • 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 pigs kept outdoors

    Farm Animal Welfare Council review of the welfare implications for pigs kept in outdoor systems.

    • Document type: Independent report
    • Part of a collection: FAWC advice to government
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Water usage on farms: Results from the Farm Business Survey, England 2013/14

    This publication provides information on the sources of water used on farms and estimates of the percentage of water used from these sources. The information comes from the 2013/14 Farm Business Survey.

    • Document type: National Statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • State: confirmed
  • Butterflies in the wider countryside: England, 1990 to 2014

    These statistics on widespread butterflies in farmland and in woodland in England, contribute to a suite of indicators due to be updated later this year (Biodiversity 2020 indicators for England). Earlier data availability i…

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • State: confirmed
  • Fly-tipping statistics for England, 2014 to 2015

    Annual incidents of fly-tipping and actions taken in England.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • State: confirmed