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HSE are seeking research to help us understand the following question 'Does the pesticide risk assessment for leaching to groundwater need to be amended to take better account of preferential flow?'. This project involves reviewing the regu ....

Team Leidos are proud to be delivering the logistics commodities and services transformation (LCS(T)) Delivery partner contracts (LCS (T)/0001 dated 16.4.2015) on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence (the 'Prime Contract'). Delivery of other parts of ....

This project aims to deliver a short-term soil microcosm experiment to reveal the soil microbial responses to application of commonly used pesticides. Analysis of the microbial communities using metabarcoding will be used to identify any consistent c ....

Pollinating insects play an important role in ecosystems and provide a crucial service to the agricultural, horticultural, and gardening sectors. Pollinators provide approximately £0.5 billion to the UK in ecosystem services from agricultural yi ....

This project involves reviewing the environmental risk assessment for biopesticides and 'low risk'/naturally occuring pesticides (see section 2 for background). The contractor will need to produce a report reviewing the existing guidance available (e ....

This package should: •Sub-set honey samples from the 2022 National Honey Monitoring Scheme archive to include samples from May and October, selected from urban dominated landscapes (50 overall) but spanning a gradient of urbansiation. •Quantify r ....

The honey project is currently the only national (and multi-year) data set on environmental exposure of pollinators to pesticides. It has potential to form a key part of any post authorisation monitoring programme in the UK and is intended to be used ....

Pollinators have been identified as a priority to the pesticides policy hub, other Defra policy teams and wider stakeholders. However, UK pollinators are in decline. Pollinating insects play an important role in ecosystems and provide a crucial servi ....

This project is a feasibility study looking into additional risk mitigation options to reduce environmental exposure of pesticides in surface water via drainflow and to groundwater. The project involves exploring additional options for risk mitigatio ....

This project involves reviewing the environmental risk assessment for biopesticides and 'low risk'/naturally occuring pesticides (see section 2 for background). The contractor will need to produce a report reviewing the existing guidance available (e ....