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How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
How you must control and monitor emissions from your activities that may cause pollution.
Learn about the benefits of E10 petrol and use our vehicle checker to confirm whether your vehicle is compatible with E10.
Find out about flood risk activity exemptions, which used to need flood defence consent, and how to register them.
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
This code provides practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements in England and Wales.
Get help to improve water and air quality, and reduce flood risk on agricultural land.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
Register and manage your access to EHC Online using Government Gateway and your Defra account.
Rules you must follow, who’s responsible, when to tell the Environment Agency and what to do if you get an enforcement notice.
Download and use Natural England's maps and data on the natural environment.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
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 to safely and legally dispose of dead farm animals and horses.
What you must do to prevent water pollution when you manage organic manures, manufactured fertiliser, soil and livestock.
Use this service to apply for a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number. This is needed when you temporarily keep livestock on someone else's land.
How to comply with food standards law when producing, importing or selling bread and flour.
Find out if your marine activity needs a licence, exemption or other permission.
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