Resources

Agricultural Diffuse Aquatic Pollution Toolkit (UK ADAPT) initiative by ADAS, UKWIR and Water UK
http://www.uk-adapt.org.uk/home/index.html

Convention on Biological Diversity Global invasive Species Programme
http://www.biodiv.org/programme/cross-cutting/alien/gisp.asp

Countryside Agency evidence and analysis
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/EvidenceAndAnalysis/Index.asp

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Northern Ireland)
http://www.dardni.gov.uk/core/dard0100.htm

Defra
http://www.defra.gov.uk/

• Agricultural Change and the Environment: Observatory Programme
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/observatory/
• Defra REPORT: Change in the Area and Ditribution of Set-Aside in England in 2005 and its Environmental Impact
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/observatory/research/report060228.pdf
• Defra Animal Health and Welfare Strategy for Great Britain
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/ahws/default.htm
• Defra's Evidence & Innovation Strategy
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/science/how/strategy.htm
• Defra Horizon Scanning Programme
  http://www.escience.defra.gov.uk/horizonscanning/fstMain.asp
• Defra Plant Health
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/ph.htm
• Defra research database
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/research/project_data/Default.asp
• Defra science and innovation strategy
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/science/how/documents/Evidence%20V4%20BOOKMARKED.pdf
• Defra report: Validity of food miles as an indicator of sustainable development
  http://statistics.defra.gov.uk/esg/reports/foodmiles/default.asp
• ESRC/CA programme on the rural evidence base (2003) commissioned by Defra
  http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/research/default.htm

Environment Agency
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

• Environment Agency: Research Database
  http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/science/
• Economic Benefits of Greener Agriculture. Assessment of 'Win Win' Case Studies of Resource Management in Agriculture
  Final Report   Case Studies
• Environment Research Funders' Forum (2003) Review of UK Environmental Science
  http://www.erff.org.uk/

European Co-Operation in the field of Scientific and Technical research (COST)
http://cost.cordis.lu/src/home.cfm

European Plant Protection Organisation
http://www.eppo.org

Food Climate Research Network
An interdisciplinary, intersectoral initiative to research and promote ways of achieving absolute reductions in GHG emissions from the whole UK food chain
http://www.fcrn.org.uk/

Food Ethics Council
http://www.foodethicscouncil.org/

• Food Ethics Report: Just Knowledge? Governing research on food and farming.
  Brief   Full Report

Foresight Detection and Indentification of Infectious Diseases (DIID) Project
http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Detection_and_Identification _of_Infectious_Diseases/index.html

Future Foundation
http://www.futurefoundation.net/

• Rural Futures Scenario Report Scenario building for twenty year and fifty year futures

Institute for Sustainable Development in Business
http://www.susdev.com/

• Research to ascertain the environmental and economic implications of alternative and non-food crops: Impacts on the countryside, A study for the Countryside Agency

International Phytosanitary Portal
http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.jsp

RELU research projects
http://www.relu.ac.uk/research/

Research Council research resources and archives
http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/
http://www.esrc.ac.uk
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/
http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/

Rural Evidence Research Centre
http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/research/default.htm

Scottish Executive
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/

• Assessment of the research needs generated by key Scottish strategies that may be appropriate for the UK Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) Research Programme. http://www.relu.ac.uk/vacancies/Scottreport.htm

SEERAD research database
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/?pageID=126

Social Learning for the Integrated Management and sustainable use of water at catchment scale (SLIM)
http://slim.open.ac.uk

Sustainable Famring and Food Research Priorities Group (RPG) - set up by Defra as an independent and open source of advice on research priorities on sustainable farming and food
http://www.defra.gov.uk/science/rpg/research_priorities.htm

Sustainable Urban Environment Programme
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Programmes/ InfrastructureAndEnvironment/Initiatives/SustainableUrbanEnvironment/ default.htm

Wales Rural Observatory
http://www.walesruralobservatory.org.uk/

Welsh Assembly: Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside
http://www.countryside.wales.gov.uk/

Knowledge Transfer

BBSRC Bioscience Exploitation Guide
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/biobusiness_guide/Welcome.html

BBSRC Knowledge Transfer website
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/knowledge/Welcome.html

Environment Research Funders’ Forum workshop Enhancing the use of science to inform environmental regulation and policy, June 2005
http://www.erff.org.uk/reports/events/eventsdocs/ policy_workshop_report.doc

ESRC Communications Toolkit
http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/CTK/default.aspx

ESRC Knowledge Transfer Toolkit
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/Support/knowledge_transfer/

NERC Knowledge Transfer website
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/using/

NERC Science into Policy: Taking Part in the Process
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/using/policy.shtml