Complying with the biodiversity duty
As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.
Reporting your biodiversity duty actions
As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.
Policy paper: Defra’s biodiversity duty statement 2025
How Defra has met its biodiversity duties in England, Scotland and Wales.
Guidance: Pet travel: approved air, sea and rail carriers and routes
Check the transport companies and routes you can use to bring your pet cat, dog or ferret to England, Scotland or Wales.
Policy paper: Nationalising the water sector: how we assessed the cost
Describes the assumptions and approach Defra used to estimate the cost of nationalisation