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On 16 and 17 October UK Future Earth and the Royal Society’s Global Environment Research Committee (GERC) hosted a meeting at The Kavli Royal Society International Conference Centre.

At the Royal Society we are developing a programme on Living Landscapes to support the incorporation of scientific perspectives in post-Brexit land management policy.

Today we are publishing the summary report for our Science for Defra: excellence in the application of evidence conference.

Read more about using science in policymaking, the subject of a two day conference hosted by the Royal Society.

Read more about Professor David Fowler's ‘environmental quality’ session at the joint Royal Society and Defra conference ‘Science for Defra: excellence in the application of evidence’.

By any measure Defra is a department which relies on science to keep the wheels turning.

Natural flood management (or ‘river rewilding’ as it’s sometimes known) has emerged as a particularly interesting point of debate.

Read more about Emma Woods' experience visiting post-Sandy New Jersey.