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From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Official Government Buying Standards (GBS) for textiles used for uniforms, furnishings and dishcloths: banned dyes, retardants, pesticides.

  • Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for wood coating.

  • Regulators must use this process guidance note (PGN) to assess applications and write permits for timber and wood-based products.

  • Farm Saved Seed rules, eligible species for payment and how to declare and make payments online.

  • Tools for sensitive or unannounced policy areas.

  • We work with academics and researchers who can help address our priorities. Find out here how to apply for our support.

  • Information for camelid keepers on reporting suspected bluetongue cases. How to identify and move your camelids.

  • Who is eligible for Darwin Plus project and fellowship funding, and how to apply.

  • As a member of the public, owner or occupier of coastal access land, find out how you can comment or object on new access proposals.

  • How to export or move ungulates (hooved animals) and captive-bred birds to the EU and Northern Ireland for conservation, display, education or research.

  • How to get accredited status for your country park, find out if you’re eligible, how to apply and what happens next.

  • How to apply for a several order or a regulating order: application process and documents required.

  • The signs of peste des petits ruminants, which is sometimes known as goat plague, and how to report it.

  • The Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (IWTCF) is a UK government competitive grants scheme aimed at eradicating the illegal trade in wildlife.

  • How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.

  • How to object to an application to register for UK geographical indication (GI) protection, change or cancel a product specification and how to appeal against a decision.

  • This section is a step by step guide for running a workshop in 24 hours. It includes the tools and techniques needed to run through diagnosis, discovery and idea generation.

  • Competent authorities must help to protect wild bird habitats on land and at sea, and avoid pollution to protect wild bird populations.

  • What needs to be done to manage flood risk and adapt to rising sea levels in Rainham Marshes, one of 23 policy units in Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100).

  • How to reduce the risk of disease from your animal feed storage units.