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Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
The 439-hectare National Nature Reserve will be a haven for people and a rich variety of species including kingfishers, rare ‘Charnwood spider’ and ancient oaks
Natural colonisation is the process by which trees colonise new ground from existing local sources. This can happen through seed which has been dispersed by birds, mammals, wind or gravity, or by vegetative colonisation where new growth sprouts from the...
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
Increase flood resilience with Natural Flood Management
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
The government has set out a series of actions to steward our natural heritage and support responsible access to it.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
Find out how grants from the EU and the Heritage Lottery Fund help projects in the natural environment.
The Connecting Shores podcast exploring young people of colour's relationship with the sea is set to be broadcast on BBC this month.
Use this form to apply for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) screening decision for projects that will increase agricultural productivity of uncultivated land or semi-natural areas.
How bottled water producers can get a natural mineral water recognised in England, and rules you need to follow to produce and label it.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
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 .
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
The MENE survey provides trend data for how people experience the natural environment in England.
Use these forms if you need to apply for a consent decision to increase the productivity of land for agriculture.
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