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Maximising the policy impact of your scientific research

Alice Plane lists key take-home messages for maximising the policy impact of scientific research.

Making a Difference in Conservation: Key Messages and Reflections from the BES/CCI Symposium

Read the BES Policy team's reflections from the joint BES CCI symposium April 2016

Making a difference in conservation: the BES/CCI symposium

Catch up with the key discussions and whet your appetite for more with our Storify

Royal Society of Biology response to the Stern Review of the Research Excellence Framework

In January of this year, the UK Government launched a call for evidence for its review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF).

The Nagoya Protocol – a long time coming

The UK is now ratified o will become a Party to the Protocol 90 days after this on the 22 May

Getting to grips with citizen science

Natural Capital and a Greener Budget

Practical actions for the next budget to enable the UK to move to a sustainable, resource efficient, low-carbon economy

The EU referendum: what could it mean for environment and science policy?

Biodiversity offsetting: cast into the wilderness?

The Soil Health Inquiry - clearer than mud