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Noise & Nuisance
Pollution Prevention & Control
Radioactivity
Recycling & Waste
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Water issues
Other material

Please note that telephone/fax numbers for Environmental Protection staff with current numbers of the form 020 7944 xxxx will change from 29 September. New numbers will be prefixed with the code 020 7082 followed by a (changed) four digit extension number.

From that date, please contact the Defra switchboard on 020 7238 6000 if you don't know the new number of the person you are trying to contact. We will update individual contact numbers on these web pages as soon as possible.

Our aim is to protect and improve the environment, and to integrate the environment with other policies across Government and in international fora. Effective protection of the environment requires activity on many wide-ranging different fronts - for example, from acting to limit global environmental threats (such as global warming) to safeguarding individuals from the effects of poor air quality or toxic chemicals. It is one of the four objectives of sustainable development. Actions to protect the environment also produce benefits such as housing (through improved energy efficiency of buildings), social progress (through action to combat fuel poverty) and economic growth (through more efficient use of resources, such as re-use, recycling and recovery of waste).

Our main sections of material are indexed in the subject areas accessed via the navigation bar on the left. Remaining material is covered in the following alphabetical list:

Contacting Defra

Details of Defra's central Helpline are on the "Contacting Defra" page of the web site. Within our information on environmental protection issues, we aim to include appropriate enquiry points within individual subject pages.

External links - Defra programmes, campaigns, agencies etc

Useful links - legal documents

UK Statutory Instruments

EU documents

Changes to the addresses of some documents have occurred in some subject areas during re-organisation of the web site. In all cases, you should be able to quickly locate documents via the relevant subject index (on the left), via the main Site A-Z index, or via the Search function.

To raise issues about these pages you can contact us by e-mailing the Defra webmaster. Please indicate that you're concerned with "Environmental Protection" material, and quote the address (URL) of the specific page(s).

  Page last modified 28 November 2003
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