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Government departments - United Kingdom
- Business Link
- Directgov
- Cabinet Office
- UK Resilience - guide to emergencies
- Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Department for Communities and Local Government
- Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
- Department for Transport
- Department of Health
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
- Food Standards Agency
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Forestry Commission
- Health & Safety Executive
- HM Revenue and Customs
- HM Treasury
- Home Office
- Ministry of Justice
- National School of Government
- National Assembly for Wales
- OnlineNI (Northern Ireland citizen portal)
- Scottish Government
- 10 Downing Street
Other United Kingdom agriculture, environment and rural affairs departments
- Northern Ireland - Department of Agriculture & Rural Development Northern Ireland (DARDNI)
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- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) Science Service
- Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland
- Scottish Government - Agriculture
- Scottish Government - Environment
- Scottish Government - Fisheries
- Scottish Government - Rural development
- Welsh Assembly Department for Environment, Planning & Countryside
Non-departmental public bodies and agencies
- Health Protection Agency
- Info4local
- Info4local
email alert
- sign up to info4local's free e-mail alert service to receive the latest information from nearly 60 central government departments, agencies and public bodies.
- Info4local
email alert
- Information Tribunal
- Office of Public Sector Information (includes HMSO)
- Mind Body Soul - Wired for Health website - Phase II
- North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee
- Ordnance Survey
- Planning Inspectorate
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- Sector Skills Development Agency
- South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee
- Welsh Consumer Council
Parliaments and assemblies
- Houses of Parliament Home Page
- Commons Committee - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- House of Commons Debates - Hansard
- House of Lords Debates - Hansard
- National Assembly for Wales
- Northern Ireland Assembly
- Scottish Parliament
Government departments - Europe and overseas
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European Union countries: Environment/Agriculture/Rural Affairs ministries (or equivalent organisations)
- Austrian Federal Chancellery
- Austria. Federal Environment Agency
- Austria. Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria (RIS)
- Belgium. Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research
- Cyprus. Ministry of Press and Information (includes stories on agriculture)
- Czech Republic. Ministry of Agriculture
- Denmark. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
- Estonia. Ministry of Agriculture
- Finland. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- France. Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Rural Affairs
- France. Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development
- Germany. Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
- Germany. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- Greece. Ministry of Rural Development and Food
- Hungary. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Ireland. Department of Agriculture and Food
- Ireland. Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources
- Ireland. Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
- Italy. Ministero per le Politiche Agricole e Forestali (MiPAF)
- Latvia. Ministry of Agriculture
- Latvia. Ministry of Environment
- Lithuania. Ministry of Agriculture
- Lithuania. Ministry of Environment
- Luxembourg. Ministry of Environment
- Malta. Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment (includes Agriculture and Fisheries)
- Netherlands. Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
- Poland. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Portugal. Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Fisheries
- Slovakia. Ministry of Agriculture
- Slovenia. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
- Spain. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
- Spain. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente (Environment)
- Sweden.
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs
- Australia. Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- US Department of Agriculture
European Union
- European Union
- European commission
- Agriculture Directorate-General
- Environment Directorate-General
- Fisheries Directorate-General
- European Commission office in the UK
- European Environment
Agency
- EnviroWindows
(European Environment Agency information "marketplace" for businesses, local authorities and their stakeholders)
- EnviroWindows
International organisations
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Office International des Epizooties (OIE)
- United Nations Environment Programme
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
Legislation and official publications
- UK legislation (OPSI)
- Official documents website (TSO)
- The Stationery Office Books (www.tso.co.uk/bookshop/)
- EU Publications Office
- Tenders Direct
(endorsed by the European Commission)
Research
- Institute for Animal Health
- National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)
- National Institute of Agricultural Botany
- Nuffield Council on Bioethics
- Scottish Research Information System
Other links
- BASIS - accreditation scheme for advisers of pesticide use
- BSI (British Standards Institution) - Environmental Management Systems
- Climate Ark - climate change portal
- GEsource - a geography and environment resource for the HE and FE communities
- Hyfoma - a knowledge portal for the food manufacturing industry
- PSIgate Physical Sciences Information Gateway - a free online catalogue of internet resources in the physical sciences
- Public Sector Benchmarking Service
- Social
Enterprise Coalition (SEC)
the UK trade body that brings together all types of social enterprise to promote the sector and share knowledge. - UK Environmental Law Association (UKELA)
- WiRE - Women in Rural Enterprise
Page last modified: 14 November 2007