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Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
There is evidence that air pollutants such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide can exacerbate respiratory conditions.
Applications for a certificate of exemption have now closed.
We work with academics and researchers who can help address our priorities. Find out here how to apply for our support.
Restrictions on burning crop residues, and the rules you must follow when you burn to protect the environment and avoid causing nuisance.
How councils can control leafleting which is causing a litter problem, the places and leaflets that are exempt and the fees they can charge.
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for buffer strips.
How to care for animals on farms and in transport in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
How local authorities must regulate, inspect and license zoos and circuses in their areas.
Apply for Maritime and Fisheries Funds (MFF) and download guidance documents and application forms.
If you are developing a site within a coalfield area you may need to give additional consideration to the proposed drainage and infiltration.
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
Your powers to issue fixed penalty notices for environmental offences including litter, graffiti and fly-posting.
Follow this groundwater protection code of practice to prevent pollution from solvent use and storage.
Advice and guidance on the catch, landing and sale of common sturgeon.
This area covers ICES areas 7e, 7f and 7g; from St Alban’s Head, round the coast of Cornwall, including the Isles of Scilly and up to Bristol.
A closed grant that provided support for activities that enhance the quality, quantity and diversity of tree seed sources in England.
Find all the documents, data and maps that make up the Severn river basin district river basin management plan.
The processes that operators need to follow when shipping radioactive sources to and from EU countries.
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