Biodiversity and ecosystems

Services

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.
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.
Zoo inspections
Zoos or zoo inspectors should use these forms when carrying out inspections.
Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund: forms, templates and guidance
Forms, templates and guidance for projects funded by the Challenge Fund, including annual report templates.
Claim a facilitation fund grant and record progress: Countryside Stewardship
Use this form to claim a payment and record progress under a facilitation fund agreement.

Find a specific tree pest or disease
Detailed guide
26 September 2018
Forestry Commission
Identify a tree pest or disease: overview
Detailed guide
26 September 2018
Forestry Commission and Animal and Plant Health Agency
Wild birds: protection and licences
Detailed guide
29 March 2015
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
Darwin Initiative: applying for main project funding
- Detailed guide
- 14 June 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Department for International Development
Landscape and seascape character assessments
- Detailed guide
- 2 October 2014
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England

15 October 2018News story

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency

IWT Conference 2018: Declaration commits over 50 countries to action for endangered species
- 12 October 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for International Development, and Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- News story
Neonicotinoid products as seed treatments for sugar beets: emergency authorisation application
- 11 October 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Health and Safety Executive
- Decision
Philippines to participate in the IWT Conference in the UK
- 10 October 2018
- World news story
British scientists participated in a seminar in Argentina
- 14 September 2018
- World news story

Protecting biota from cooling water intakes at nuclear power stations
- 6 August 2018
- Environment Agency
- Research
UK farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR): breed inventory results
- 20 July 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Official statistics
ENV09 - England biodiversity indicators
- 19 July 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Statistical data set
UK Biodiversity indicators
- 19 July 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
England biodiversity indicators
- 19 July 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics

National FCERM strategy: Strategic Environmental Assessment scoping report 5 September 2018
Environment Agency

Closed consultation

Date closed 09 October 2018
Great crested newt pilot scheme in Woking: outcome 19 July 2018
Natural England

Consultation outcome

Date closed 10 February 2016
Declaration: London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade 2018
- 16 October 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for International Development, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Home Office
- Policy paper
Darwin Plus grant: Penguins in the Southern Ocean
- 28 September 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Case study
Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund: List of projects
- 4 September 2018
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper

Cumbria BogLIFE project
- 14 August 2018
- Natural England
- Corporate report
Environment Agency annual fisheries reports
- 19 January 2018
- Environment Agency
- Corporate report
Marches Mosses BogLIFE project
- 12 December 2017
- Natural England
- Corporate report
Results-Based Agri-environment Payment Scheme (RBAPS) pilot study in England
- 27 June 2017
- Natural England
- Corporate report
Humberhead Peatlands restoration LIFE+ project
- 15 September 2016
- Natural England
- Corporate report

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