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As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to conserve wild birds, flora or fauna of conservation concern.
Signs that may suggest rabies in bats, what to do if you spot them and measures to prevent exposing yourself to the disease.
Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.
What you must do to get paid for this action and advice on how to do it.
Find out what's involved in creating a plan, giving you a structured way to organise the management of woodland.
Rules for importing organic food, feed and seed to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
Find out when to apply for an SFI agreement, how to apply and what happens after you’ve applied.
Job title, grade and salary in Defra
Apply for funding for a vet to visit your farm to reduce endemic diseases and conditions, increase animal productivity and improve animal welfare.
Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
The Net Zero Strategy sets out how the UK will deliver on its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Compensation value tables for cattle culled to control spread of bovine TB, brucellosis or enzootic bovine leukosis.
This manual includes information about Open Policy Making as well as the tools and techniques policy makers can use to create more open and user led policy.
When and how to identify your lambs and sheep with tags.
Find out about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for buffer strips, what land is eligible and what you need to do to get paid.
Targets to protect our environment, clean up our air and rivers and boost nature have been published.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He has specific responsibilities for: budget, including ODA international relations senior appointments
An overview of what you can get paid to do under SFI, the actions you can do under an agreement for the SFI 2023 offer, applying for an agreement, eligible land, how agreements and payments work, and SFI actions we’ll introd…
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