Science

New Science Projects

New Science Projects - Last Updated 19 August 2008

The following report is produced weekly and is designed to provide an update of those science projects funded by Defra which have had the results of their research made available on Defra's science pages.

Title
Click the Project Code for more project details and the final report
Project Code
New approaches to evaluating and quantifying the benefits of chemical regulation - contract 2 CB01069
Understanding the lowering of beaches in front of coastal defence structures, stage 2 FD1927
Risk assessment of coastal erosion FD2324
 Virtual biometrics web site for the design and analysis of experiments HH3811 
Increasing nitrogen retention in saleable meat to benefit the environment and improve eating quality in pigs LS3657
Scoping the potential benefits of undertaking an ecosystem assessment for England NR0118
Potential of simple salts to partially substitute for conventional foliar fungicides PS2117
Use of HardSPEC to provide benchmark PECs PS2226
Web-integrated framework for addressing uncertainty and variability in pesticide risk assessment PS2301
Addressing uncertainty and variability in pesticide risk assessments for birds and mammals PS2303
Sequencing of complete viral genomes from the 2001 FMD outbreak in the UK SE2936
Network simulations of disease transmission within the poultry industry in Great Britain SE4206
Benefits of Global Biodiversity Assets to UK Citizens: A literature review WC0707

 

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Page last modified: 19 August 2008
Page published: 30 June 2008

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