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.

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
- 7 July 2021
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
Habitats and species of principal importance in England
- Guidance
- 8 September 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England
Biodiversity duty: public authority duty to have regard to conserving biodiversity
- Detailed guide
- 8 September 2022
- Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Wild birds: protection and licences
- Detailed guide
- 29 March 2015
- Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

England biodiversity indicators
- 23 September 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
UK Biodiversity indicators
- 23 September 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- National statistics
UK breeds at risk from exotic animal disease outbreaks
- 31 August 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Research
River habitat survey guidance manual
- 5 August 2022
- Environment Agency
- Research
Working with nature
- 12 July 2022
- Environment Agency
- Research

Political Vision: The 10 Point Plan for financing biodiversity
- 22 September 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Biodiverse Landscapes Fund
- 26 July 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Pollinator Action Plan 2021 to 2024
- 23 May 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment Programme
- 31 March 2022
- Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- Policy paper
The Great Britain invasive non-native species strategy
- 3 February 2022
- 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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