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We’re the government’s adviser for the natural environment in England. We help to protect and restore our natural world. Natural England is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
The Natural History Museum (NHM) is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within 5 main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification...
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
The MENE survey provides trend data for how people experience the natural environment in England.
English Nature promoted the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places. It was merged with the Countryside Agency and Rural Development Service to form Natural England in 2006.
Lloyds Banking Group provides £250,000 funding to three nature restoration projects in England through the ‘Projects for Nature online’ platform
Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
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Find out more about the reserves, where they are, who manages them and what special features or opportunities they offer.
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the UK’s main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in atmospheric, Earth, biological, terrestrial and aquatic sciences. NERC works with the UK Research and Innovation .
Events taking place during National Nature Reserves Week to showcase the benefits that National Nature Reserves bring to nature and people.
Find out how grants from the EU and the Heritage Lottery Fund help projects in the natural environment.
How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
How to apply for a grant for habitat creation using blended public and private funding.
Increase flood resilience with natural flood management.
Natural Resources Wales ensures the environment and natural resources of Wales are sustainably maintained and used, now and in the future. Natural Resources Wales works with the Welsh Government .
Apply for a licence to release non-native (alien) and schedule 9 species, or release native Eurasian beavers into secure enclosures, and how to report your actions.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
The Institute supports global food security, sustainable development and poverty reduction through research, advice, teaching and training. It’s been independent of the UK government since May 1996, when it became part of the University of Greenwich.
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