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Guidance for Environmental Stewardship agreement holders on how to claim an annual or capital payment.

Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or a claim form.

More than 50,000 farm businesses are benefitting from farming schemes and more money is being spent through the Sustainable Farming

We are seeking views on proposed reforms and technical amendments to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013.

Find out what farmers must ask vets to do during a follow-up, and what documentation farmers need from vets.

Water Minister Emma Hardy visits the £35 million expansion of the Saltford Water Recycling Plant which will support economic and

Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.

Annual update to tables on emissions of important air pollutants in the UK.

The signs of foot and mouth disease, what to do if you suspect it in your animals and measures to

The Welsh and UK Government have today announced a new £1 million joint research initiative to tackle water quality issues

Exemption renewal under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations for cadmium in helium lasers for Raman spectroscopy

Consultation on an exemption renewal under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations for lead solder in control units of

Details of a notification to release a qualifying higher plant.

Seeking views on proposed changes to how you’re allowed to catch (lift and carry) laying hens and meat chickens when

See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.

List of applications to protect the geographical name of a spirit drink in Great Britain.

Consultation on an exemption renewal under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations to use mercury in discharge lamps for

Consultation for an exemption renewal under the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) regulations for lead use in bearings and bushes

Tracked machines, drones and robot dogs are among the suite of tools defence scientists are working on with pioneers from

Environment Secretary Steve Reed will today (Monday 10 March) set out government ambition to end sewage discharged into Windermere

Current issues relating to imports and exports of animals and animal products.

Import ban introduced to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease.

Changes to import controls for animals and products of animal origin.

Preliminary outbreak assessment for foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Hungary.

When you need to use movement licences.

A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services, Biodiversity indicators: 2024 assessment.

Get free bluetongue testing for your animals if you’re in a bluetongue zone.

The UK welcomes the positive conclusion to negotiations at the resumed meeting of CBD COP16, which saw the international community

Guidance for businesses trading in timber and timber-related products.

Details of how organisations who are responsible under extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging register with the environmental regulators, and

How Defra processes your personal data when recording Bluetongue virus (BTV) vaccinations

Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended

Independent Water Commission explores fresh ideas on water sector reforms, both evolutionary and revolutionary.

Environment Secretary to announce reform package to boost farmers’ profitability as part of the Plan for Change

How to register for the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme to move or sell food in Northern Ireland.

Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.

Professor Ian Graham will rejoin the Board for a second term.

Waste including asbestos was burned next to a housing estate and ancient woodland

An innovative biocontrol project has been launched aiming to reduce the spread of floating pennywort in the Cam Washes, SSSI.

A record £2.65 billion will be committed to build or maintain up to 1,000 flood defences, protecting more than 66,000

Details of the consent for the University of Oxford to release a genetically modified organism, reference 24/R57/01.

How to move non-qualifying Northern Ireland goods that need sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.

ACRE’s advice on an application for a field trial of genetically modified wheat.

The Government has launched a consultation on a new approach to Land Use empowering decision makers with the toolkit to

How to check if an ivory item you’re buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what

A list of commodity codes that fall under the ban on dealing in ivory.

Use this service to register an ivory item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.

How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance

What you need to do to buy, sell or hire out items made of or containing ivory in the UK.

Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how

Introduction of deposit return scheme will be a step forward in ending the throwaway society and cleaning up Britain

Licences to move animals to market from a bluetongue restricted zone.

An emergency authorisation for Cruiser SB, a neonicotinoid pesticide, will not be granted

This report contains the Health and Safety Executive’s advice on the use of Cruiser SB on the UK’s sugar beet

How Defra is performing against its commitments to reduce its impacts on the environment.

Reports on departmental staff numbers and costs.

Understand the import rules for food products that contain multiple products of animal origin (POAO).

The Minister for Water and Flooding denies application for emergency authorisation to use a product containing a neonicotinoid to treat

UK Chief Veterinary Officer announces we are now in the seasonally vector low period for bluetongue virus.

PackUK launched to deliver the UK’s Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR)

Visits to farms by Ministers since 5 July 2024.

Exports of animals and meat susceptible to the disease prohibited

The Environment Agency has urged people to stay vigilant to the risk of flooding and stay away from swollen rivers.

How to complete an air emissions risk assessment, including how to calculate the impact of your emissions and the standards

Statutory guidance for vets, importers and border control officials when importing live or genetic material of dogs, cats or ferrets

Minister Hardy and Philip Duffy discussed the response to flooding in the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and across the country.

Information on wheat, barley, oats, oilseed and minor cereal crop production.

Complete this form if you’ve been invited to apply for woodland management actions under Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier.

Agreed record of the consultations held between the UK and the Faroe Islands for North-East Atlantic mackerel fishing opportunities in

Read about what to expect and how you can get ready to apply when Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) opens

The Environment Agency has urged people to stay vigilant to the risk of flooding and stay away from swollen rivers.

A list of waste facilities that accept waste fluorinated greenhouse gas (F gas) and ozone-depleting substances (ODS).

The Environment Agency has urged people to stay vigilant to the risk of flooding and stay away from swollen rivers.

Read the guidance to help you make your claim for payment using the Rural Payments service or a claim form.

How vets can submit samples to APHA laboratory testing services and prices for these services.

Lists of organisations and countries or territories outside the UK (third countries) that can certify organic food, feed and seed

Almost half of all waste collected by local authorities in 2022/23 was incinerated with resources that could be recycled being

Evidence and analysis of municipal residual waste arisings and infrastructure capacity in England from 2020 to 2035.

You should use this licence to move poultry by-products and hatching eggs for disposal from a protection or surveillance zone

UK secures special protected status as geographical indications for a further 39 British food and drink products in Japan.

• Government sets out plans to end the use of toxic neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten vital pollinators

This policy statement explains the government’s plans to tighten controls on neonicotinoid pesticides.

Defra group annual statement of compliance with the concordat to support research integrity for the period 2023 to 2024.

Government acts decisively to force water companies to double the compensation paid to customers and businesses for service failures. 

Seeking views on changes to the guaranteed minimum standards of service all customers are entitled to in the water and

This paper invites views on the government’s proposed new approach to development and nature recovery.

A new approach to development and the environment will boost the number of homes being built

An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) has come into force.

This document sets out Defra group’s equality objectives for 2024 to 2026.

The UK fishing industry will have access to 150,000 tonnes of fishing opportunities following the conclusion of annual fishing negotiations

You should use this licence to move poultry carcases for disposal from premises in a protection zone in England.

Find the plant species that are typical of the grassland type on your land parcel for help with action GRH6:

Government injects £343 million of funding into the rural economy last week, benefiting more than 31,000 farmers.

Seeking views on reforms to increase levels of WEEE reuse and recycling.

Online marketplaces and vape producers to pay for recycling and cleaning up household of electrical waste.

Seeking views on longer-term reforms to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013.

List of approved laboratories for testing under the Poultry Health Scheme.

The Environment Agency is warning that ongoing flooding impacts are likely to continue

Guidance from 31 March 2026 for waste collection authorities in England on ensuring good waste collection services for households.