Biodiversity and ecosystems

Services

Endangered species: apply for a commercial use certificate
Apply for a certificate to use a CITES-listed specimen for commercial purposes.
Application to use herbicides in or near water
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Invasive non-native (alien) species: licence to manage and control them (IAS A02)
Apply for a licence to manage and control certain non-native (alien) species.
Landscape Recovery scheme: complaints and reconsiderations
Make a complaint, provide feedback or request a reconsideration of a Landscape Recovery scheme decision.
Endangered species: apply for a waiver from paying permit fees
Use this guidance and form to apply for an exemption from CITES fees because of conservation work.

Import or export endangered species: check if you need a CITES permit
- Detailed guide
- 20 May 2022
- Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Biodiversity metric: calculate the biodiversity net gain of a project or development
- Detailed guide
- 7 July 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
Biodiverse Landscapes Fund: how to apply
- Detailed guide
- 26 July 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Wild birds: protection and licences
- Detailed guide
- 29 March 2015
- Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA)
- Detailed guide
- 20 August 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Extreme heat: Environment Agency calls on public to help protect fish
- 18 July 2022
- Environment Agency
- Press release
Bees’ Needs Week buzzes into action
- 18 July 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
- Press release
Environment Agency report sets out urgent need to work with nature
- 12 July 2022
- Environment Agency
- Press release
Norfolk man fined after fishing illegally during close season
- 28 June 2022
- Environment Agency
- Press release
G7 conference one year on: 26 ways Cornwall has been made greener
- 27 June 2022
- Natural England
- Press release

River habitat survey guidance manual
- 5 August 2022
- Environment Agency
- Research
England biodiversity indicators
- 26 July 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
Working with nature
- 12 July 2022
- Environment Agency
- Research
Population trends for UK bat species (2022 publication; includes dates up to 2021)
- 19 May 2022
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Official statistics
UK farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR): breed inventory results
- 12 May 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics

Biodiverse Landscapes Fund
- 26 July 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Pollinator Action Plan 2021 to 2024
- 23 May 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme
- 31 March 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
The Great Britain invasive non-native species strategy
- 3 February 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Cruiser SB emergency registration report
- 14 January 2022
- Health and Safety Executive and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Impact assessment

Results-Based Agri-environment Payment Scheme (RBAPS) pilot study in England
- 1 June 2020
- Natural England
- Corporate report
Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Part 1 Section 6: The Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems
- 24 December 2019
- Coal Authority
- Corporate report
Cumbria BogLIFE project
- 5 September 2019
- Natural England
- Corporate report
Fish Health Inspectorate: Reports 2018
- 28 March 2019
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
- Transparency
Marches Mosses BogLIFE project
- 12 December 2017
- Natural England
- Corporate report

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