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Seabed maps and benthic (seabed) ecological data aid marine spatial planning and inform the decision-making processes involved in achieving sustainable management of the demands placed on our marine environment. Seabed mapping provides foundation data to assess the impacts of industry (such as electricity and telecommunication cable route planning, offshore renewable energy and leisure sectors) as well understanding the effects of management interventions and conservation designations.

This covers research into the influence of site, sward type, tree spacing and tree species on the output of agroforestry systems
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Research since the mid 1970s has included evaluation of willow clones, Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) crop management and associated activities, rust disease, agronomy of Miscanthus, forest brash for heating, drying systems, work on carbon footprint, bioremediation and biofiltration. Recent research includes Agricultural Need for Sustainable Willow Effluent Recycling (ANSWER project) in 2015.

AFBI provides scientific and laboratory support to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) bee health inspectorate.

Research has been carried out into improving heifer rearing regimes and the evaluation of adopting such improvements.