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.

Biodiversity metric: calculate the biodiversity net gain of a project or development
- Detailed guide
- 21 March 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
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
Complying with the biodiversity duty
- Detailed guide
- 17 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Habitats and species of principal importance in England
- Guidance
- 10 November 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
Local nature recovery strategies: areas and responsible authorities
- Map
- 18 September 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Kent and Sussex species benefit from new funding
- 14 September 2023
- Natural England
- Press release
Hampshire and Isle of Wight species benefit from new funding
- 14 September 2023
- Natural England
- Press release
Peatlands set to be restored to help tackle climate change
- 26 August 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, and Natural England
- News story
Rescued endangered native crayfish moved to safe haven
- 25 August 2023
- Environment Agency
- Press release
Illegal angling on the rise
- 2 August 2023
- Environment Agency
- Press release

UK breeds at risk from exotic animal disease outbreaks
- 31 July 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Research
Provisional Cormorant population indices for England 2023
- 28 July 2023
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Official statistics
UK Biodiversity indicators
- 25 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
England biodiversity indicators
- 25 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
State of the water environment indicator B3: supporting evidence
- 22 May 2023
- Environment Agency and Natural England
- Research

Local Nature Recovery Strategies: how to prepare and what to include
- 23 March 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 02 November 2021
Political Vision: The 10 Point Plan for financing biodiversity
- 19 July 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Local nature recovery strategies
- 30 June 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate
- 24 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
The Great Britain invasive non-native species strategy
- 27 February 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

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