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Guidance for policy officials in government to identify and assess the wider environmental impacts of their policy options.
Find answers to questions about space junk, the risk to satellites in orbit, and how space sustainability can help, as well as the UK Space Agency's work to address these issues.
Report looking at how the human and economic impact of natural disasters is measured.
Evidence from the Indian Sundarban delta
Information on impact assessment requirements for marine licence applications.
Information on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for forestry projects in England. Guidance on whether you need to submit an EIA application form to the Forestry Commission.
Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.
Guidance on the use of Habitats Regulations Assessment
Live consent consultations, notices of consent decisions and screening and consent decisions made under the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) Regulations.
How to work out the impact of air emissions on global warming if you're applying for a bespoke environmental permit.
This guide explains how impacts on noise should be incorporated into a cost benefit analysis.
To help ensure that an authority giving development consent for a project makes its decision knowing the likely effects on the environment.
The MENE survey provides trend data for how people experience the natural environment in England.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
Provides guidance on how planning can take account of the impact of new development on air quality.
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