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The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
What you need to do when you send cattle, bison or buffalo to a slaughterhouse.
A summary of the main programmes and strategic initiatives to protect and improve the water environment.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
All national applications will be processed on one of six timetables that vary in length depending on the complexity and nature of the application under assessment.
Find out the compliance limits for waste water treatment works (WWTW), and how to treat and monitor discharges to meet permit conditions.
Learn how good edge design can create woodlands that fit well into the landscape, benefit management and resilience, enrich biodiversity and provide inspiring places for people.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the relocation of sheep dips and pens item.
Draft Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS) regulatory technical requirements to help heat network operators demonstrate compliance.
Draft Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme (HNTAS) regulatory technical requirements to help heat network developers, contractors and operators demonstrate compliance.
Map showing how England's inshore and offshore waters have been split into 11 marine plan areas.
Description of the data set showing known locations where a coal seam is near the surface.
Find out where work is underway to improve coastal access in Essex and Suffolk.
The water industry is producing strategic drainage and wastewater plans to maintain, improve, and extend robust and resilient drainage and wastewater systems.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
Regional Fisheries Groups (RFGs) are an initiative set up to enable the inshore fishing sector to come together to share views and promote collaborative working with organisations such as MMO, Defra, Cefas and local IFCAs.
Private non-validated or unapproved TB testing in cattle carried out by private vets in England, conditions for testing and how to get permission from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
How the Environment Agency regulates discharges and radioactive waste disposals from Sellafield through environmental permitting.
Increase flood resilience with natural flood management.
Use this tool to find out if you need to apply for a simple bespoke or complex bespoke medium combustion plant permit.
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