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Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
This page tells you how to identify common constraints and designations within your forestry project’s proposal area and sets out what you must consider or do in relation to individual constraints.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).
Events taking place during National Nature Reserves Week to showcase the benefits that National Nature Reserves bring to nature and people.
Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.
Find out more about the reserves, where they are, who manages them and what special features or opportunities they offer.
As an owner or manager of land in the coastal margin, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
Cumbria’s globally rare temperate rainforest to be enhanced and celebrated
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
Find nature reserves, national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and green spaces
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
Increase flood resilience with Natural Flood Management
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
The MENE survey provides trend data for how people experience the natural environment in England.
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