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Evidence-based conservation, June 2011
This POSTnote summaries the benefits of, and issues surrounding, an evidence-based approach to conservation management.
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Landscapes of the future, June 2011
This POSTnote examines how policy structures, including planning reforms, might deliver land use systems that meet the challenges of projected population increases, climate change and economic growth with limited land and natural resources.
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Informal STEM education, June 2011
This POSTnote describes the informal sector's links to formal STEM education and its contribution to the national STEM learning agenda. It complements a forthcoming note on STEM education for 14-19 year olds.
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Carbon footprint of electricity generation, June 2011
This POSTnote provides an overview of the carbon footprints of a variety of electricity generation technologies, including evidence from more than 30 peer-reviewed studies.
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Detecting deception, May 2011
This POSTnote outlines the scientific basis for deception detection technology and considers the implications of its use in different contexts.
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Natural capital accounting, May 2011
This POSTnote outlines the need for "environmental accounting" by governments, to maintain the capacity of ecosystems to sustain human well-being at acceptable levels.
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The ecosystem approach, May 2011
This POSTnote outlines how the ecostystem approach makes explicit the link between the status of natural resource systems and ecosystem services that support human well-being.
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Ecosystem service valuation, May 2011
This POSTnote summaries methodologies for determining reliable values for changes in natural resources and ecosystem services and the policy implications of such valuations.
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Water adaptation in Africa, April 2011
This POSTnote discusses adapting water resource management to climate change in Africa.
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Unconventional gas, April 2011
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.
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Future electricity networks, February 2011
This POSTnote examines the possibilities and challenges for electricity network development.
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Biodiversity offsetting, January 2011
This POSTnote summarises biodiversity offsetting and examines opportunities and risks of offsets within a UK context.
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Living with environmental limits, January 2011
This POSTnote summarises a longer POST report on environ-mental limits, which sets out the challenges to achieving this aim, whilst considering the complex trade-offs between social, economic and environ-mental objectives. O
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Housing and health, January 2011
This POSTnote looks at the impact of poor housing on health and examines the implications for housing policy.
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