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Find out how to become a volunteer to support nature conservation where you live or work.
FCDO travel advice for Brazil. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
We’re the government’s adviser for the natural environment in England. We help to protect and restore our natural world. Natural England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
The NCC's advice to government, research and publications on improving the natural environment.
This series brings together all documents relating to Natural Environment Statistics
This collection contains all of Natural England's corporate plans.
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Find out how grants from the EU and the Heritage Lottery Fund help projects in the natural environment.
Find nature reserves, national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and green spaces
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Find out about the support you get to carry out a volunteer role safely and effectively.
The differences between the 3 types of bottled water, and what bottled water is exempt from the rules.
Use National Character Area profiles to find descriptions, facts and data about the different landscapes of England.
The People and Nature Surveys for England gather evidence and trend data about people's access, understanding and enjoyment of nature, and how it contributes to wellbeing.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
Natural gas statistics: data sources and methodologies.
The government has set out a series of actions to steward our natural heritage and support responsible access to it.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
Lists of all natural mineral waters recognised in the UK, and English, Scottish and Welsh waters recognised by the EU, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein (EEA).
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