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D. Policy development for sustainable systems Generating relevant evidence bases to underpin policy development, including evaluation of existing policies and demands for land use management, developing indicators and policy evaluation tools. Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales (SCALES) SCALES has provided a suite of assessment tools and policy instruments to foster our capacity for biodiversity conservation across spatial and temporal scales in Europe. Integrated Farm Management for improved economic, environmental and social performance (Defra Sustainable Intensification Platform Project 1) The Sustainable Intensification Research Platform (SIP) is a multi-organisation research programme, funded by Defra to collectively explore the opportunities and risks for SI, from a range of perspectives and at a range of scales, across England and Wales. AE-Footprint: The Agri-Environmental Footprint: a common methodology for evaluating agri-environmental Schemes The project has resulted in the development of an aggregated farm-level index, the Agri-Environmental Footprint Index (AFI), which represents a harmonised approach to evaluation of EU agri-environment schemes. Full Project List AE-Footprint: The Agri-Environmental Footprint: a common methodology for evaluating agri-environmental Schemes (EU Framework 7) Crops: Sustainable pollination services for UK crops (LWEC Insect Pollinator Initiative) ESPA ECOLIMITS: The overarching question of this project tackles the ecological limits of poverty alleviation, focusing specifically around the smallholder production of coffee in Ethiopia and cocoa in Ghana Evaluating the effectiveness of policies for landscape enhancement in the South Downs (South Downs Conservation Board) Improving the effectiveness of grassland restoration and creation options: development of a methodology for setting indicators of success and assessing progress (Defra BD5101) LIBERATION: Linking Farmland Biodiversity to Ecosystem Services for Effective Ecological Intensification (EU Framework 7) NERC Knowledge Exchange Impact Accelerator Project PEBIL: Potential to enhance biodiversity on intensive livestock farms (Defra BD1444) SAFFIE: Sustainable arable farming for an improved environment (Defra LINK) SCALES: Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales Scoping study to develop a monitoring programme for the outcomes of UELS (Defra BD5004) SIP: Integrated Farm Management for improved economic, environmental and social performance (Defra Sustainable Intensification Platform Project 1) STEP: Status and Trends of European Pollinators (EU Framework 7) Surveying Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in the UK and Ireland – To establish a baseline for IPM adoption in England, Scotland and Ireland The potential for extending economic farm-level benchmarking to environmental and other aspects (Defra DO0103) Upland grazing: Classification of land to reflect the environmental value and difficult farming conditions of upland grazing land (Defra LS3405)