Statutory guidance: Wild birds: licence to kill or take for conservation purposes (GL34 and GL40)

As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain wild birds to conserve wild birds and to conserve flora and fauna.




Statutory guidance: Trapping wild birds: standard licence conditions (GL33)

The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.




Guidance: Forest reproductive material news

Sign up to the forest reproductive material (FRM) newsletter – for trade news, including information about any legislation or regulatory changes.




Official Statistics: Agricultural statistics and climate change

Agricultural statistics for England as they relate to climate change.




Corporate information: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs – Statistics at Defra

We publish national and official statistics relating to the environment, rural communities, food, farming and biosecurity.