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Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.
Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.
Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.
As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.
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.
When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.
Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
Standard rules for repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank using natural materials.
Buying statutory biodiversity credits is a last resort for developers who are unable to use on-site or off-site units to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.
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