• Minimise the demand for primary aggregates.
• Promote environmentally friendly extraction and transport.
• Reduce the effect of local aggregate extraction.

How we operate

The ALSF was started in 2002, following the Finance Act 2001. The ALSF has three main objectives:

• Minimising the demand for primary aggregates.
• Promoting environmentally friendly extraction and transport.
• Reducing the effect of local aggregate extraction.

Defra and Cefas, together, contribute to the delivery of the ALSF objectives in the following ways:

Marine ALSF Steering Group

The Defra chaired Marine ALSF Steering Group agrees the strategic direction of marine projects funded by the ALSF and ensures that they meet with the ALSF objectives. The Marine Stewardship Report 'Safeguarding our Seas' published in 2002 describes how the integrated management of human activities underpins the safeguarding of the marine environment. The Marine ALSF Steering Group oversees the direction of the MEPF and develops the commissioning strategy for research and dissemination activities. The following MEPF governance as Marine ALSF delivery partner is now available. MEPF "How we Operate".