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From Prevedouros et ak, 2004) We are grateful to the UK Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Air Quality Division for financial support. We also wish to thank Anna Palm of the Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Dr. Knut Breivik of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) for their helpful comments. 

Defra Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK)... 

DEFRA (2007) National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pp. 37-38. 

Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Chemicals Stakeholder Forum, Criteria for Identifying Chemicals of Concern (available at http //www.defra. gov.uk/environment/chemicals/csf/criteria/index.htm). See also The Chemicals Stakeholder Forum, Criteria for Concern of the Chemicals Stakeholder Forum (available at http //www.defragov.uk/environment/ chemicals/csf/criteria.htm). 

The Department of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has run a series of initiatives tiiat are intended to encourage business to employ best practice by demonstrating cost-effective actions that can improve both business and environmental performance through programmes such as Envirowise and the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme. 

DEFRA (2007). Sustainable control of parasites in sheep blowfly strike in sheep. London, UK Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, http //www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/pdf/scops-blowfly 180 507.pdf... 

Bales of waste tyres have been used for many years in large construction projects, and this method of re-use was the subject of a report published by the UK Department of the Enviromnent, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in 2001 [74]. This report reviewed the international literature that was available on baled tyres, in particular the long-term behaviour and stability of the tyres and the metal that binds them together, when used in marine environments (e.g., artificial reefs), watery environments (e.g., flood defence or river management) or acid peat bogs, in order to assess their environmental impact. The scope of the review also included examining baled tyres encased in concrete. As dictated by the waste protocols, tyres may be baled... 

In April 2005, after consulting the UK Chemical Stakeholder Forum, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs unveiled its intended input to EU negotiations on dealing with the highest risk chemicals under REACH. The Chemical Stakeholder Forum was also consulted on which organisation should be the UK s competent body for REACH and on the Chemical Industry Association s plan to create a database of chemicals marketed in the UK. 

The UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs held a workshop on 10 June 2005 on Solutions to REACH Non-Animal Methods for Toxicology Testing . 

Maltby L, Blake N, Brock TCM, van den Brink PJ. 2002. Addressing interspecific variation in sensitivity and the potential to reduce this source of uncertainty in ecotoxicologi-cal assessments. No. DEFRA project code PN0932. London (UK) UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 22 p. 

DEFRA and EA] Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Environment Agency, UK. 2002. CLR 7 assessment of risks to human health from land contamination an overview of the development of the soil guideline values and related research. Bristol (UK). 

CEFAS work on BFRs has been funded by the (now defunct) UK Department of the Environment, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum. 

The lead government department responsible for the development of the NAP was the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which has primary responsibility for the development of UK environmental policy. Alongside Defra, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) also took a major role, providing the UK s energy-use forecasts, serving as a liaison with industry, and later taking... 

Fisher, T., Cooper, T., Woodward, S., Hiller, A., Goworek, H., 2008. Public Understanding of Sustainable Clothing A Report to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. London, Defra. 

The project was funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (Dti), Environment Agency (EA), Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Delia) and the Project Partners listed in Section 1.4. The Dti project reference number was 39/03/712 cc2427. This report also constitutes the Joint Delia/EA Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management R D Programme Publication W5A-078. 

Thomas N, Clarke J, McLauchhn A, Patrick S. Assessing the environmental impacts of oxo-degradable plastics across their fife cycle. EV0422. Report to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Loughborough University, Loughborough, England 2010. 

Atkinson C, Blake S, Hall T, Kanda K, Rumsby P (2008) Survey of the prevalence of perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS), Perfluorooctanoic add (PFOA) and related compounds in drinking water and their sources DEFRA 7585 Drinking Water Inspectorate, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs... 

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2006 Family Food Report on the Expenditure and Food Survey. Crown copyright. Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office. 

The recommendations for fertiliser use were reviewed in 2010 and published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in their Fertiliser Manual 8th edition (RB 209). This is essential reading for anyone involved in crop production. The new recommendations take more account of the economic use of fertilisers, the value of a wider range of oiganic manures with more emphasis on readily available nutrients, the minimisation of environmental risk associated with the use of all types of fertilisers and manures, and introduce new recommendations for biomass crops. 

The 12 million hectares of agricultural land in England and Wales have been classified into five grades by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). These are used by planners when considering requests for planning permission which would take land out of agricultural use. 

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