Guidance: Avian influenza (bird flu): cases and disease control zones in England

Current and suspected cases of avian influenza (bird flu) in the UK and the disease control measures in place.




Guidance: Apply for a lump sum payment to leave or retire from farming

Check if you’re eligible for the Lump Sum Exit Scheme, what you need to do and how to apply.




Policy paper: Nature Recovery Network

A national network of wildlife-rich places to increase and restore nature, and the role of the delivery partnership and management group.




Crackdown on waste crime: Time to stop trashing our future

Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan's speech on waste crime at a Let’s Recycle and Environmental Services Association event on Tuesday 12 April.




New bathing water status in the Isle of Wight and Oxford

Part of the Wolvercote Mill Stream at Port Meadow, Oxford, and the East Cowes Esplanade on the Isle of Wight will be added to the list of bathing waters.