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Agricultural practices can reduce water quality, degrade soils and cause biodiversity loss. This in turn can disrupt natural processes that support food production. Environmentally sustainable agriculture seeks to reduce environmental damage and restore such processes. This POSTnote summarises associated land management options, agricultural policies and the constraints imposed by a new trading environment.
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This note outlines current UK trade in food and animal feed, examines the challenges raised to the security of UK food supply by withdrawal from the EU and analyses the policy options available for improving UK food security
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This POSTbrief sets out the causes, likely future levels and implications of sea level rise.
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This note outlines some of the new plant breeding techniques developed recently and looks at their applications and the regulatory challenges they raise
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This POSTnote examines the current state of knowledge of ‘slow viruses’ such as BSE, the evidence relevant to the public health implications and uncertainties which remain. POSTnote 14. POST. 1990. https://doi.org/10.58248/PN014
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This POSTnote describes GMOs, their applications, potential risks and control. POSTnote 10. POST.1990. https://doi.org/10.58248/PN010
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This briefing note describes the science and technology underpinning the irradiation of foods. POSTnote 1. POST. 1989. https://doi.org/10.58248/PN001
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This note focuses on the latest UK dietary advice given to women from family planning through pregnancy and into breastfeeding.
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Environmental crime is generally used to describe any illegal activity that harms the environment. It can also have serious human health and social impacts. This POSTnote outlines the different types of environmental crime and options for tackling them.
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In some parts of the UK, high levels of water abstraction are reducing the quantity and quality of surface water (rivers, lakes) and groundwater (water accumulated in spaces in soil and rocks). This POSTnote sets out the challenge of balancing competing requirements for freshwater, and summarises proposed reforms to the abstraction system in England and Wales and their implications
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The term nexus describes the key interactions between parts of a system or systems. This POSTnote summarises current understanding of the interactions between water, energy and food production and examines how nexus approaches can be used to inform policy decisions.
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This POSTnote covers current and future uses of genome editing, how it is regulated and the potential concerns it raises.
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This POSTnote explores the consequences of increasing the role of natural processes within landscapes. Evidence from the UK and abroad suggests that rewilding can benefit both wildlife and local people, but animal reintroductions could adversely affect some land-users.
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Plastic pollution is accumulating rapidly in the world’s oceans. The potential effects of microplastics on the environment and human health are an area of active research. This POSTnote summarises their sources and spread, the evidence that they present a risk and possible strategies to reduce plastic pollution.
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This POSTnote considers the different intellectual property rights approaches available to plant breeders.
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