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Standard rules for repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank using natural materials.
Guidance on the criteria and assessment process for land to contribute to 30by30 in England.
This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.
Find out what to do if you need to register a biodiversity gain site and record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development with planning permission at the same time.
Guidance on section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, which prevents the wild release of certain plants and animals in England and Wales.
Check if there are restrictions on importing a CITES specimen into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.
The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
Find out about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk abstraction for nature recovery actions and fish or eel passage
Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital.
A list of species or subspecies from the EC Habitats Directive.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
Standard rules for channel habitat structures made of natural materials occupying up to 100 metres of a main river.
Recognised breed societies for bovine, ovine, porcine and caprine species, and recognised breed operations for hybrid breeding pigs.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare. Applications closed at 11.59pm on 28 April 2026.
Find out what you can do to prevent or help minimise the introduction, establishment, spread and impacts of tree pests and diseases in the UK.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
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