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We provide expert independent advice on science policy and strategy to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). SAC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environme…
The role, members, structure, meetings and subgroups of the Science Advisory Council (SAC).
A review of public engagement, covering concepts, practices and experience of public engagement.
Register of interests for the members of the Science Advisory Council (SAC).
Appointments and reappointments made to Defra’s Science Advisory Council
We provide expert independent advice on science policy and strategy to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Review of evidence on assessing and valuing landscape quality and its aesthetic dimensions.
These are the published terms of reference for the Science Advisory Council (SAC).
Professor Rowland Kao has been appointed as the Chair of Defra’s Science Advisory Council
Review to consider the shape and structure of expert evidence groups that Defra uses to guarantee a robust evidence base for policy making.
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