Biodiversity and ecosystems
Services
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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.
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Endangered species: apply for a commercial use certificate
Form to apply for a certificate to use a CITES-listed specimen for commercial purposes.
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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.
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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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Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund: forms, templates and guidance
Forms, templates and guidance for projects funded by the Challenge Fund, including annual report templates.
Guidance and regulation
- Import or export endangered species: check if you need a CITES permit
- Wild birds: protection and licences
- Biodiversity metric: calculate the biodiversity net gain of a project or development
- Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA)
- Create ponds and lakes
News and communications
- Buzzing for Bees’ Needs Week 2021
- New chair to lead task force on sustainable farming of peatlands
- 1,000th hazel dormouse reintroduced to the UK
- Neonicotinoid product as seed treatment for sugar beet: emergency authorisation application
- Natural England launches species reintroductions task force to help drive recovery of declining species
Research and statistics
- UK farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR): breed inventory results
- State of the water environment indicator B3: supporting evidence
- Linking the presence of invasive non-native species to measures of ecological quality
- UK breeds at risk from exotic animal disease outbreaks
- Wild bird populations in England
Policy papers and consultations
- Aarhus convention national implementation report 2021
- Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot: environmental outcomes and benefits
- England Peat Action Plan
- River basin management plans: use of strategic environmental assessment screening
- Natural Capital Committee’s seventh annual report: government response
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Results-Based Agri-environment Payment Scheme (RBAPS) pilot study in England
- Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Part 1 Section 6: The Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems
- Cumbria BogLIFE project
- Fish Health Inspectorate: Reports 2018
- Marches Mosses BogLIFE project