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.
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.
Landscape Recovery scheme: complaints and reconsiderations
Make a complaint, provide feedback or request a reconsideration of a Landscape Recovery scheme decision.

Complying with the biodiversity duty
- Detailed guide
- 17 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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
- 21 March 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
Wild birds: protection and licences
- Detailed guide
- 29 March 2015
- Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Reporting your biodiversity duty actions
- Detailed guide
- 17 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

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
UK farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR): breed inventory results
- 11 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics
Wild bird populations in the UK
- 13 April 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics

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
Consultation on Biodiversity Net Gain regulations and implementation
- 21 February 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 05 April 2022
Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate
- 24 May 2023
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Political Vision: The 10 Point Plan for financing biodiversity
- 28 February 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

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