1. Home
  2. Environment
  3. Wildlife, animals, biodiversity and ecosystems

Biodiversity and ecosystems

On this page

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.

See more services in this topic

Guidance and regulation

  1. Wild birds: protection and licences
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
  2. Find a specific tree pest or disease
    • Detailed guide
    • Forestry Commission
  3. Identify a tree pest or disease: overview
    • Detailed guide
    • Forestry Commission and Animal and Plant Health Agency
  4. Darwin Initiative: applying for main project funding
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Department for International Development
  5. Biodiversity duty: public authority duty to have regard to conserving biodiversity
    • Detailed guide
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
See more guidance and regulation in this topic

News and communications

Press release

Bees' needs: public urged to support pollinators

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

  1. Help bring Stiperstones National Nature Reserve back to purple
    • Natural England
    • Press release
  2. Government publishes 'No deal' EU exit advice on travel changes for protected animals and plants
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • News story
  3. Communities to have greater say in protecting local trees
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Forestry Commission
    • News story
  4. Asian hornet: UK sightings in 2018
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
    • News story
See more news and communications in this topic

Research and statistics

  1. Natural Capital Committee’s sixth annual report
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Independent report
  2. UK farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR): breed inventory results
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Official statistics
  3. Wild bird populations in England
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • National statistics
  4. ENV08 - Wild bird populations in England
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Statistical data set
  5. Wild bird populations in the UK
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • National statistics
See more research and statistics in this topic

Policy papers and consultations

  1. Biodiversity net gain: updating planning requirements
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Closed consultation
    • Date closed 10 February 2019
  2. River basin planning: working together
    • Environment Agency
    • Consultation outcome
    • Date closed 22 December 2018
  3. National pollinator strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Policy paper
  4. National Pollinator Strategy 2014 to 2024: implementation
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Policy paper
  5. Declaration: London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade 2018
    • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for International Development, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and Home Office
    • Policy paper
See more policy papers and consultations in this topic

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
See more transparency and freedom of information releases in this topic

Organisations

Show more organisations