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Desk note developed to support marine licence applications

Crediton firm admits it should have checked farmers had necessary permits to accept the waste from building and construction sites.

Bat Expert Panel will help shape future bat conservation.

Reminder for fishermen whose licences were monitored as part of the 2015 capping exercise.

New Countryside Stewardship Offers introduced to help more farmers and land managers protect wildlife and enhance the environment

Prime Minister Theresa May will pledge to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within a quarter of a century.

The RFCC chair appointments have been announced

The Prime Minister has announced plans for a new Northern Forest as part of the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan

Tony Delahunty has been made Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the fishing industry in the New Year’s honours list.

Senior representatives from the UK Government’s Blue Belt Programme are visiting Tristan da Cunha and St Helena in January 2018.

Grants for badger vaccination schemes and six-monthly testing in high risk areas will help to prevent disease and catch it more quickly.

Views sought on changing costs associated with marine licence applications.

100,000 more properties across the country are now better protected from flooding thanks to the 350 new flood schemes that have been built since April 2015.

Fish merchant charged with fisheries offences in case brought by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Belt programme has published a stakeholder newsletter providing an update on recent work projects.

The MMO is pleased to confirm the dates for European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) panels for 2018.

Hilary Florek has been confirmed as the new Chair of the Marine Management Organisation.

IFA2 interconnector will run from France to England

Forestry Commission plans to release four beavers in the Forest of Dean have been approved by Natural England and are backed by Michael Gove.

The UK is one of a number of nations to sign a resolution to help reduce the amount of plastic in the world's seas.

Master and vessel owner found guilty of fisheries offences in case brought by Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

Professor Ian Bateman and Professor Colin Galbraith have been reappointed as Independent Members of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC).

Defra and the Environment Agency will be undertaking a review of multi-agency flood plans produced by local resilience forums.

Undulate ray scientific research quota available.

Through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) funding is now available in England towards replacing of engines on fishing vessels.

Ministers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and affected countries work together to stamp out wildlife crime at the 2018 Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference.

Strong winds across southern and western England on Friday and into Saturday will coincide with high tides.

The Environment Agency has revealed that brown trout, which haven’t been seen in the Lyme Brook for many years, have returned to Newcastle-under-Lyme.