Biodiversity and ecosystems

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Services

• Environmental permit: pre-application advice form including heritage and nature conservation screening

  Forms for requesting Environment Agency pre-application advice or a heritage and nature conservation screen. Select the correct form according to permit type.

• Endangered species: apply for a commercial use certificate

  Form to 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.

• Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund: forms, templates and guidance

  Forms, templates and guidance for projects funded by the Challenge Fund, including annual report templates.

• 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.

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Guidance and regulation

• Import or export endangered species: check if you need a CITES permit
  • Detailed guide
  • 10 June 2020
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Commercial use of endangered species: check if you need a CITES certificate
  • Detailed guide
  • 10 June 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
• Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA)
  • Detailed guide
  • 22 January 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Darwin Initiative: applying for main project funding
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 July 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Closed organisation: Department for International Development, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Find a specific tree pest or disease
  • Detailed guide
  • 14 October 2020
  • Forestry Commission

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News and communications

• Biggest ever nationwide initiative to restore nature in England set for launch
  • 5 November 2020
  • Natural England and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Press release
• Defra launches the Healthy Bees Plan 2030 to help protect honey bees
  • 3 November 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Press release
• Five simple steps to transform gardens into ‘hedgehog havens’
  • 23 October 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • News story
• Prime Minister's speech at the UN High-Level summit on biodiversity: 30 September 2020
  • 30 September 2020
  • Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
  • Speech
• Environment Secretary speech on biodiversity: 24 September 2020
  • 24 September 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Natural Capital Committee advice on the Green Book guidance: embedding natural capital into public policy appraisal
  • 24 November 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Research
• Natural Capital Committee’s end of term report
  • 2 November 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Independent report
• Natural Capital Committee advice on government’s 25 Year Environment Plan and progress reports
  • 26 October 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Research
• UK Biodiversity indicators
  • 15 October 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics
• England biodiversity indicators
  • 15 October 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Aarhus convention national implementation report 2021
  • 5 October 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 27 November 2020
• Safeguarding the environment in British Overseas Territories: call for evidence
  • 8 April 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 26 July 2019
• Biodiversity net gain: updating planning requirements
  • 15 October 2019
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 10 February 2019
• Natural Capital Committee’s seventh annual report: government response
  • 12 June 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Policy paper
• Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund: List of projects
  • 12 June 2020
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES project
  • 17 September 2020
  • Natural England
  • Corporate report
• 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

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Organisations

• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Home Office
• Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

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• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Department for Transport
• HM Treasury
• Science Advisory Council
• Coal Authority

• Environment Agency
• Natural England
• Forestry Commission
• Highways England
• Innovate UK
• Regulatory Policy Committee