Site map
Flooding
- Check flood warnings
- 5 day flood risk outlook
- Sign up to receive flood warnings
- Update your details or cancel flood warnings
- Check your flood risk by postcode
- Check your flood risk on a map (Flood Risk Assessment Wales Map)
- Check your coastal erosion risk (National Coastal Erosion Risk Management map)
- Responsibility for rivers, streams, culverts, and canals
- Preparing for a flood
- What to do in a flood
- What to do after a flood
- Guidance for caravan and campsites owners and operators
- Flood map for planning
- Strategic flood consequences assessments
- Managing flood risk
- Owning a watercourse
Permits and permissions
- Buy a fishing rod licence
- Check for a permit, licence or exemption (Public Register)
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Waste permitting
- Check if you need to tell us about your waste activity
- Register or renew as a waste carrier, broker or dealer
- Deciding if you are a waste carrier, broker or dealer
- Register or renew as a hazardous waste producer
- Register as a battery producer
- Register or renew your waste exemptions
- Register a waste electrical and electronic equipment exemption (WEEE)
- Registering waste exemptions for a linear network
- Apply for a new standard rules waste permit
- Apply for a new bespoke waste permit
- Apply to transfer all or part of a waste permit
- Apply to surrender (give up) all or part of a waste permit
- Apply to change to, or vary, a standard rules waste permit
- Apply to change to, or vary, a bespoke waste permit
- Apply for deployment of a mobile plant permit
- Submit a landspreading prenotification
- Charges for waste permits
- Waste Regulatory Decisions
- Waste standard rules and risk assessments
- Depositing waste for recovery
- Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) guidance
- Importing and exporting waste guidance
- Extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR): information for producers, reprocessors and exporters
- Requirements for release from radioactive substances regulation
- Submit a CL:AIRE Code of Practice declaration
- Mining waste
- Environmental permits
- Water discharges and septic tanks
- Using land we manage
- Felling licences and permits
- Flood risk activity permits
- Species licensing
- Marine licensing
- Water abstraction and impoundment licences
- Installations
- Medium combustion plants and specified generators
- Working in protected areas
- Apply for land drainage consent
- Carbon emissions
- Non-nuclear radioactive substance sites
- Coast Protection Act 1949 Consenting
- Permit applications, consultations and decisions
- Public register: environmental permitting, water resources and marine licensing information
Evidence and data
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Maps
- Check river levels, rainfall and sea data
- Browse map of data about the natural environment
- DataMapWales map viewer
- Marine Character Areas
- National Landscape Character Areas (NLCA)
- Bathing water quality map
- Fire severity index
- Water Watch Wales
- Find details of permitted waste sites
- Extent of Semi-Natural Habitat in Wales (Indicator 43)
- The National Peatland Action Programme
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Research and reports
- Habitat reports
- Invasive non-native species (INNS) reports
- Landscape and geodiversity reports
- Marine reports
- Species reports
- Assessing Welsh Aquaculture Activities (AWAA) Project
- Protected sites baseline assessment 2020
- Flooding reports, evidence and data
- Waste reports
- Water reports
- Biennial reports on reservoir safety
- Forestry research
- National Survey for Wales
- Wales Otter Report 2009-10
- Salmon and sea trout stocks in Wales
- Salmon and sea trout catchment summaries
- State of Natural Resources Report 2025 - interim report summary (2024)
- State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) for Wales 2020
- State of Natural Resources interim report 2019
- The State of Natural Resources report 2016
- State of the environment reports
- Marine and coastal evidence priorities
- Water environment collaborative research priorities
- ‘Index river’ monitoring for salmon and sea trout on the Welsh Dee
- Accessing our data
- Analytical Services
- How researchers can work with us
Guidance and advice
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Environmental topics
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Trees, woodlands and forests
- Report suspected illegal tree felling
- Check if you need a felling licence
- Apply for a felling licence
- Amend your tree felling licence
- Why we can suspend or revoke your felling licence
- Why we can amend your felling licence
- Tree felling licence - environmental conditions
- Check if you need a wildlife licence during forest operations
- Buying and selling land with a felling licence
- Statutory plant health notices
- Apply for a forest management plan
- Check the register of felling licences
- Check the register of forest management plans
- Plans for felling on the Welsh Government Woodland Estate
- Register of forestry environmental impact assessments
- Environmental Impact Assessment for forestry activity
- Planning your forestry project
- EIA Apply for our consent
- Environmental Impact Assessment penalties
- Benefits to planting trees and creating woodland
- Get help to plant trees and create woodland
- Grants for planting trees and creating woodlands
- Get help to plan your woodland
- Choosing the right tree species
- Identify, report and manage tree pests and diseases
- Making your woodland or forest more resilient
- Managing forests in acid sensitive river catchments
- Assessing and restoring deep peat
- Identifying ancient woodlands
- Managing ash dieback
- How we manage the Welsh Government Woodland Estate
- Forestry statistics, forecasts and surveys
- eSales - timber online sales
- Long-term timber sales
- Short-term timber sales
- Timber sales credit procedure
- Biomass supply chain
- eSales - 2024 to 2026
- Protect the environment during forest operations
- Apply for a harvesting contract
- Timber haulage
- Our forest and woodland certification
- Water management and quality
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Waste management
- Report fly-tipping
- Disposing of your household waste
- How to dispose of used tyres
- Workplace recycling: separating your waste for collection
- Waste duty of care for organisations
- How to classify and assess waste
- Completing waste transfer notes
- Submit your waste return
- How to complete a hazardous waste consignment note
- Consignee returns with reduced reporting and charges
- Hazardous waste: find out if and when you need to submit a return
- Hazardous waste returns: download the template, complete, check and submit
- Meeting the end of waste test
- Check, notify, sample and report a materials facility
- Check your household oil tank for leaks
- Commercial landlords: protect yourself from waste crime
- Manage waste upholstered domestic seating containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Identify, classify and manage waste containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
- Land management
- Wildlife and biodiversity
- Coast and marine
- Chemicals
- Consultations
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Trees, woodlands and forests
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Business sectors
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Fisheries
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Angling byelaws (fishing rules)
- When, what and where you can fish
- Fishing with lures and baits
- Fishing with rods and lead
- Fishing using landing nets, keepnets, keepsacks, gaffs and tailers
- Minimum fish size and catch limits
- Fisheries districts in Wales
- Areas where fishing is not permitted because of obstructions
- How to report incidents affecting fish and fisheries
- How to practise salmon catch and release
- Disinfecting tackle to control fish disease
- Buying and selling salmon and sea trout in Wales: staying within the law
- Apply for permission to stock, remove and supply fish
- Fishing with nets and traps
- UK fish protected by law
- Freshwater fisheries management and advice
- Wales Fisheries Forum
- Local Fishery Groups
- 2019 Local inquiry into NRW’s proposals for new rod and net fishing byelaws
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Angling byelaws (fishing rules)
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Farming
- Silage, slurry and other livestock manure storage
- Sheep dip
- Ammonia assessments
- How to safely dispose of water and disinfectant after an animal disease outbreak
- How to store, manage and dispose of agricultural materials in exceptional circumstances
- Pig and Poultry Assurance Scheme
- Wales Land Management Forum
- The Wales Land Management Forum sub group on agricultural pollution
- Blue-green algae
- Emissions Inventory Reporting: Guidance for Intensive Farming
- Calculate releases from poultry and pig farms: examples
- How to use manures and slurries appropriately
- Manure and nutrient management plans
- Charges for the intensive rearing of pigs and poultry permits
- How to prepare a farm or agricultural land for flooding
- Good farming practice
- Marine development
- Planning and development
- Education and skills
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Fisheries
Days out
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Places to visit
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North East Wales
- Alwen Reservoir, near Denbigh
- Clocaenog Forest - Bod Petryal, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest - Boncyn Foel Bach, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest - Coed y Fron Wyllt, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest - Pincyn Llys, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest – Pool Park, near Ruthin
- Clocaenog Forest - Rhyd y Gaseg, near Ruthin
- Coed Llangwyfan, near Denbigh
- Coed Moel Famau, near Mold
- Coed Nercwys, near Mold
- Dyfnant Forest - Hendre, near Welshpool
- Dyfnant Forest - Pen y Ffordd, near Welshpool
- Dyfnant Forest - Pont Llogel Wood, near Welshpool
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North West Wales
- Beddgelert Forest, near Beddgelert
- Cadair Idris National Nature Reserve, near Dolgellau
- Ceunant Cynfal National Nature Reserve, near Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Ceunant Llennyrch National Nature Reserve, near Porthmadog
- Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Forest Garden, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Glasdir, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Pandy, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Pont Cae’n-y-coed, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Pont Llam yr Ewig, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Pont Ty'n-y-groes, near Dolgellau
- Coed y Brenin Forest Park - Tyddyn Gwladys, near Dolgellau
- Coedydd Aber National Nature Reserve, near Bangor
- Coedydd Maentwrog National Nature Reserve, near Porthmadog
- Cors Bodeilio National Nature Reserve, Anglesey
- Cors Erddreiniog National Nature Reserve, Anglesey
- Cwm Idwal National Nature Reserve, near Betws-y-coed
- Cwrt Forest, near Dolgellau
- Dyfi Forest - Ceinws (ClimachX), near Machynlleth
- Dyfi Forest - Coed Nant Gwernol, near Machynlleth
- Dyfi Forest - Foel Friog, near Machynlleth
- Dyfi Forest - Tan y Coed, near Machynlleth
- Gwydir Forest Park - Betws-y-coed
- Gwydir Forest Park - Cae'n y Coed, near Betws-y-coed
- Gwydir Forest Park - Cyffty Mine, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Dolwyddelan, near Betws-y-coed
- Gwydir Forest Park - Hafna, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Llyn Crafnant, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Llyn Geirionydd, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Llyn Sarnau, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Penmachno, near Betws-y-coed
- Gwydir Forest Park - Sawbench, near Llanrwst
- Gwydir Forest Park - Ty’n Llwyn, near Betws-y-coed
- Morfa Dyffryn National Nature Reserve, near Barmouth
- Morfa Harlech National Nature Reserve, near Harlech
- Newborough National Nature Reserve and Forest, Anglesey
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Mid Wales
- The Arch, near Aberystwyth
- Black Covert, near Aberystwyth
- Bwlch Nant yr Arian Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth
- Coed Maen Arthur Woodland, near Aberystwyth
- Coed y Bont, near Tregaron
- Cors Caron National Nature Reserve, near Tregaron
- Cors y Llyn National Nature Reserve, near Builth Wells
- Dyfi National Nature Reserve - Cors Fochno, near Aberystwyth
- Dyfi National Nature Reserve - Ynyslas Visitor Centre, near Aberystwyth
- Fishpools, near Knighton
- Gogerddan Wood, near Aberystwyth
- Hafren Forest, near Llanidloes
- Irfon Forest - White Bridge, near Llanwrtyd Wells
- Nash Wood, near Presteigne
- Ty’n y Bedw Wood, near Aberystwyth
- Tywi Forest, near Tregaron
- Warren Wood, near New Radnor
- South East Wales
- South West Wales
- Accessible visits
- Map of places to visit
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North East Wales
- Things to do
- Visiting our places safely
- Audio trails and folk tales
- Wales Coast Path
- National Trails
- Recreation and access: policy advice and guidance
- The Countryside Code Family
About us
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What we do
- Sustainable management of natural resources
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How we are performing
- Measuring our performance
- Annual report and accounts 2023-24
- Annual report and accounts 2022-23
- Annual report and accounts 2021-22
- Annual report and accounts 2020-21
- Annual report and accounts 2019-20
- Pay policy statement March 2024
- Pay policy statement March 2023
- Annual diversity and inclusion report 2023 – 2024
- Annual diversity and inclusion report 2022 – 2023
- Annual diversity and inclusion report 2021 – 2022
- Corporate Environmental Report 2021-22
- Corporate Environmental Report 2020-21
- Corporate Environmental Report 2019-20
- Annual regulation report 2023
- Annual regulation report 2022
- Annual regulation report 2021
- Annual regulation report 2020
- Reservoir Safety in Wales 2021 - 2023
- Reservoir Safety in Wales 2019-2021
- Public task statement
- Accountability report 2023/24
- Accountability report 2022/23
- Performance report 2023/24
- Performance report 2022-23
- Annual whistleblowing and prescribed person report 2023-24
- Annual whistleblowing and prescribed person report 2022-23
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