Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Questions from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs:

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Productive seas and freshwater and migratory fish Assess socio-economic information to support and incentivise a change to secure the long-term sustainability of seafood exploitation whilst reducing the environmental impact of exploitation Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Productive seas and freshwater and migratory fish Improve fish stock assessments over a greater range of species and improve management of freshwater, migratory, and marine fisheries, and protected species Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Healthy and biologically diverse seas What are the interventions needed to reverse climate change or at least hold it steady to begin to mitigate the multiple stresses it causes? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Healthy and biologically diverse seas Using climate-smart management, how do we best protect marine biodiversity that might change as a result of climate change? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Healthy and biologically diverse seas How effective are marine protected areas and how can we monitor and evaluate the ecological, social, economic, and cultural costs and benefits of these areas? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Healthy and biologically diverse seas What are the social, economic, and cultural impacts of marine policy, management, and interventions on stakeholders and coastal communities? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Clean and safe seas Understand the full benefits of offshore renewables. To identify and mitigate their environmental impacts by establishing socio-economic evidence to provide information to influence marine policy and development decisions Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Clean and safe seas Determine the socio-economic costs of plastic litter on marine wildlife, ecosystems, and maritime industries. The costs incurred from changing to other materials, including the potential benefits to be made from new industries including small medium-size enterprise. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Clean and safe seas Understand the risks from contaminants of emerging concern, micro and macro marine plastic litter, emergencies (for example oil spills), and man-made underwater noise Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks We need to better understand the impacts of invasive non-native species on our natural ecosystems, including as vectors of disease Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks We need to better understand the true value of plants and trees to society and deliver ongoing research to understand and prevent the introduction and spread of threats to UK plants – natural and crops. This include key threats such as Xylella, emerald ash borer, and other risks highlighted on the UK Plant Health Risk Register. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks The risk of an unknown pandemic human disease (“disease x) has been at the top of the National Risk Register for some time and been realised this year in the shape of COVID-19. Two thirds of new human infectious diseases originate in animals. How can we better understand and prepare for future threats? How can we better join up animal and human health research, capability, and digital backbone across government to facilitate agile responses? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks How can we use digital innovation and precision farming techniques to measure animal health and welfare outcomes for livestock, and to provide early warning of livestock disease and health threats? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks How can we better understand and prevent the development of antimicrobial and anthelmintic resistance? How can we develop better diagnostic tests to encourage more judicious use of antimicrobials and anthelmintics? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks Endemic animal diseases undermine agricultural productivity, negatively impacting animal welfare, farmers’ livelihoods, public health, and threaten trade. Increased research into improved methods of detection and control of bovine TB and other such endemic diseases remains a priority for Defra Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks How do we protect pollinators and maximise beneficial insects? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks How can we enable better biosecurity standards and behaviours to control and minimise the impact of disease and pests? how can we build systems that are resilient to introductions of pests and diseases and that can support adaptation and recovery? How can we breed animals and plants which are resistant to key diseases? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Biosecurity: protecting animals and plants from health risks How can we develop and apply science, technology, and evidence to inform and deliver a risk-based approach to animal and plant biosecurity? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Sustainable food and farming What data and evidence are needed to inform policy and delivery and what are the best sources to meet these needs? How can we improve broad access to this data and enhance knowledge exchange across the agri-food industry? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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Sustainable food and farming What capability and capacity in the food and farming industry is needed to deliver future rural community policy needs? Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2021
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