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Standard rules for discharges to surface water: cooling water and heat exchangers.
Find out what to do if you need to register a biodiversity gain site and record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development at the same time.
Standard rules for repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank using natural materials.
Recognised breed societies for bovine, ovine, porcine and caprine species, and recognised breed operations for hybrid breeding pigs.
A list of species or subspecies from the EC Habitats Directive.
Enabling a Natural Capital Approach featured tools is a summary of selected natural capital or valuation tools developed by government. These include analytical tools and platforms assessing natural capital tools.
When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
The Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund (IWTCF) is a UK government competitive grants scheme aimed at eradicating the illegal trade in wildlife.
Map and contact details for Local Nature Partnerships in England.
A best practice guide to assist with the design and implementation of Payments for Ecosystem Services schemes.
Guidance for fish passes where existing obstructions prevent the safe passage of eel and elver travelling up stream.
This note provides guidance on the methods which can be used to control the five injurious (harmful) weeds specified in the Weeds Act 1959.
Standard rules for channel habitat structures made of natural materials occupying up to 100 metres of a main river.
This guidance is for developers looking to provide their own offset.
Who is eligible for Darwin Plus project and fellowship funding, and how to apply.
Guidance on using natural capital approaches in making decisions about the natural environment.
Natural England's terms and conditions for buying statutory biodiversity credits.
Natural England's terms and conditions for applications to the register and payment of the application fee.
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