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The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the UK’s main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in atmospheric, Earth, biological, terrestrial and aquatic sciences. NERC works with the UK Research and Innovation .
Includes flooding, recycling, farming and wildlife
How charities can improve their impact on the environment and be energy efficient.
Sets out the data that will be needed to monitor whether the natural environment is improving.
How to access the Environment Agency's public registers of environmental information.
The department was created in 1997 to replace the Department of the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Department for Transport. It was dissolved in 2001.
Check open environmental data and use it in your own applications.
You can report serious concerns about your employer to us, if you suspect wrongdoing in an area we regulate.
This series brings together all documents relating to Environment key facts publication
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) helps to protect and improve the environment by holding government and other public authorities to account. OEP is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
Details of the standing environment groups in the UK.
More information about the CMA's work on environmental sustainability.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
This guide explains how impacts on local environment should be incorporated into a cost benefit analysis.
Under the duty set out in the Environment Act 2021, ministers and policy makers must consider the environmental impact of new policies.
The draft Environment Bill sets out how we will maintain environmental standards and build on the 25 Year Environment Plan. We've published a July 2019 update.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
Guidance for local authorities and other land managers in England on maintaining local environmental quality.
These reports and accounts summarise the performance of the Environment Agency by financial year (April to March).
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