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Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.
How to legally carry out slaughter without stunning in accordance with religious rites, including how to restrain and bleed the animal.
Find out when you need a felling license to fell trees, and what we do if trees are felled without a licence. This can apply to your land, or land you manage.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Find an approved UK border control post (BCP) to check the animals, animal products or high-risk food and feed of non-animal origin (HRFNAO) in your consignment.
How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards you must meet.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Environmental regulations and guidance on offshore oil and gas exploration and production offshore gas unloading and storage and offshore carbon dioxide storage activities
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
Find out how to claim for animal health and welfare reviews and endemic disease follow-ups.
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 about eligibility and requirements for the species management plan item.
How local authorities must deal with fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge.
The qualifications you need to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and the organisations that offer them.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
Guidance for waste collectors on household recycling requirements in England, which change on 31 March 2026.
U10 exemption allows you to spread specific waste on agricultural land to replace manufactured fertilisers or virgin materials (such as lime) to improve or maintain soil.
How to get a licence to breed dogs, and the conditions you must meet.
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