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Negative Emissions Technologies (NETS): Feasibility Study
This study estimates the maximum Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) potential achievable in Scotland, 2030 - 2050.
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Natural capital: economic benefits assessment
Outlines new economic analysis that quantifies the likely economic impacts, measured as output and jobs created, from hypothetical cross-sector regional and national programmes of natural capital investment in Scotland.
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Safeguarding workers on temporary migration programmes: study
This study "An Immigration Option For Scotland? " considers the risks of exploitation to workers on temporary migration programmes. It looks at options for the Scottish Government to respond to these risks including reviewing the Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers established in Canada.
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Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2023
Final results from the 2023 June Agricultural Census on land use, crop areas, livestock and the number of people working on agricultural holdings. Estimates for 2022 are published in the supporting documents.
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How much do people in Scotland value characteristics of marine and coastal areas
This report summarises the results of a choice experiment survey that was designed to capture the preferences of Scottish people towards the management of marine and coastal areas in Scotland.
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Cereal and oilseed rape harvest - first estimates: 2023
Initial estimates of area, yield and production for winter and spring barley, wheat, oats and oilseed rape, for the 2023 harvest.
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- Scottish cereal harvest: estimates
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Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: supporting evidence and analysis
This report outlines the current position of the Scottish agricultural sector, with evidence aligned to the objectives in our Vision for Agriculture, and provides information on our approach to assessing new policy proposals as they are taken through secondary legislation.
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Animal Welfare Committee (AWC): update to the 2014 FAWC opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing
The UK Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) recommendations concerning the welfare of farmed fish at the time of slaughter.
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Animal Welfare Committee: advice on emergency culling for the depopulation of poultry affected by high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) consideration of ventilation shutdown (VSD)
The UK Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) advice for the emergency culling of poultry using the ventilation shutdown (VSD) method.
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Animal Welfare Committee - opinion on the implications of castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs
The UK Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) review of the welfare issues in relation to the castration and tail docking of lambs as currently practiced on farms.