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Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
How to create and implement a conservation covenant agreement to preserve your land in England.
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
Advises on enhancing and conserving the historic environment.
Government partners with conservation charity ZSL to launch app update allowing tracking and logging of creatures in waters around British Overseas Territories.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
How the Ministry of Defence estate is adapting to climate change, including nature conservation on the estate.
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
The Churches Conservation Trust is the national charity protecting churches at risk. It repairs damage and works with local communities to revive churches. Churches Conservation Trust works with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport .
Apply for your organisation to become a responsible body for conservation covenants.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is the statutory adviser to the government and devolved administrations on UK and international nature conservation. Its work contributes to maintaining and enriching biological diversity, conserving geological features and sustaining natural systems. JNCC is...
Seeking views on plans to introduce legislation for conservation covenants in England, allowing landowners to secure lasting conservation benefits.
The annual Ministry of Defence (MOD) Sanctuary Awards were held today, 19 March, recognising the outstanding sustainability and conservation efforts across the MOD in the past year.
Use Natural England's advice to protect European sites and find out if your activity or proposal may potentially impact the species and habitats within them.
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
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