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Services

  1. Environmental permit: pre-application advice form including nature and heritage conservation screening

    Use this form to get help from the Environment Agency to complete your environmental permit application and if you need a heritage and nature conservation screen.

  2. 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.

  3. Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund: forms, templates and guidance

    Forms, templates and guidance for projects funded by the Challenge Fund, including annual report templates.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. Darwin Initiative: applying for main project funding
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Department for International Development
  2. Find a specific tree pest or disease
    • Detailed guide
    • Forestry Commission
  3. Wild birds: protection and licences
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
  4. Darwin Plus: environment funding for the UK Overseas Territories
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  5. Identify a tree pest or disease: overview
    • Detailed guide
    • Forestry Commission and Animal and Plant Health Agency
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News and communications

Press release

Appeal for landowners to take part in pioneering project

Environment Agency

  1. Enormous trees reinforce climate change message at Chelsea
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Forestry Commission
    • Press release
  2. Invasive non-native plant species found in Derbyshire brook
    • Environment Agency
    • Press release
  3. Environment Agency removes more invasive non-native fish
    • Environment Agency
    • Press release
  4. Estuary wildlife of the River Tees gets increased protection
    • Natural England
    • Press release
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Research and statistics

  1. Natural Capital Committee advice to government on net environmental gain
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Research
  2. Natural Capital Committee advice on marine management
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Research
  3. Natural Capital Committee advice on soil management
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Research
  4. UK farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR): breed inventory results
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Official statistics
  5. Natural Capital Committee’s sixth annual report
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Independent report
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. Safeguarding the environment in British Overseas Territories: call for evidence
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Open consultation
    • Closing date 19 July 2019
  2. Biodiversity net gain: updating planning requirements
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 10 February 2019
  3. Natural Capital Committee’s sixth annual report: government response
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Policy paper
  4. National pollinator strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Policy paper
  5. National Pollinator Strategy 2014 to 2024: implementation
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Environment Agency annual fisheries reports
    • Environment Agency
    • Corporate report
  2. Fish Health Inspectorate: Reports 2018
    • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
    • Transparency
  3. Cumbria BogLIFE project
    • Natural England
    • Corporate report
  4. Marches Mosses BogLIFE project
    • Natural England
    • Corporate report
  5. Results-Based Agri-environment Payment Scheme (RBAPS) pilot study in England
    • Natural England
    • Corporate report
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Organisations

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