Balancing UK agricultural production and environmental objectives
Supporting food and fibre production approaches that are environmentally sustainable and resilient to environmental change.
This POSTnote examines the potential for unconventional gas exploitation in the UK, the regulatory regimes covering such activity, and the issues surrounding the extraction and use of the gas.
Unconventional gas, April 2011 (407 KB , PDF)
Unconventional gas, April 2011 (407 KB , PDF)
Supporting food and fibre production approaches that are environmentally sustainable and resilient to environmental change.
Water supplies could be better protected through a risk-based systems approach to managing the pressures currently degrading freshwaters.
Cross-cutting climate and environmental risks raise interconnected governance challenges that involve justice, sustainability and resilience concepts.