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How to apply for a fisheries dispensation from UK laws to carry out scientific research from a fishing vessel in English waters.
Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of industrial hydrogen production from methane or refinery fuel gas with carbon capture for storage.
How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
Sectoral Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) of the implications of further licensing of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) for oil and gas exploration and production.
Figures on the fishing industry are released every month, in addition to the annual sea fisheries statistics report
The Global Ocean Alliance (GOA) is a 77-country alliance, led by the UK. The GOA champions ambitious ocean action, particularly within the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), including the 30by30 ocean target and other targets in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity...
This page provides guidance on the UK’s sanctions regime relating to unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering environmental issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK
Guidance on the handling of slurry and manure to help reduce the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
Find out about the legal definitions of biofuel products, excise duty rates and the roles and responsibilities of producers from 1 April 2022.
Research to support Defra policy
The Water and Abandoned Metal Mines programme aims to tackle the water pollution caused by historical metal mining.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
Interested parties can review records of applications and statements submitted to OPRED as required by environmental regulations.
The D8 exemption allows you to burn plant tissue waste, wood packaging and packing material waste at a port when a Plant Health Notice has been issued, to prevent the spread of plant diseases.
A report examining the threats to marine biodiversity in the UK and its Overseas Territories.
The government’s route map for the transition to a future of zero emission shipping.
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