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From Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.

  • Find out how to create a woodland management plan. This will help you plan and develop a sustainable woodland, and can be used for grant and felling licence applications.

  • Guidance for exporters in England, Scotland and Wales on applying for an export health certificate.

  • Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.

  • How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.

  • What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.

  • Information about the availability of BTV-3 vaccines for animal keepers.

  • This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.

  • Find out when to test vaccinated animals and how to get private testing.

  • If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve National Landscapes, National Parks and the Broads.

  • Find out when large and small organisations affected by Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (EPR) must collect and submit packaging data.

  • You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.

  • Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.

  • Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.

  • Find out if and by when you need to apply for a medium combustion plant directive (MCPD) environmental permit to meet air quality requirements.

  • A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.

  • How to get a licence to breed dogs, and the conditions you must meet.

  • Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.

  • Guidance for waste collectors on household recycling requirements in England, which change on 31 March 2026.

  • Private veterinary surgeons (PVS) can use this service to report the prescription of a BTV-3 vaccination.