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Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Solent.
Register for a licence to monitor setts or evict and exclude badgers from setts or to destroy them for development or prevent serious damage.
Apply for a licence to kill wild birds for falconry and find out how to report your actions.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Poole Harbour SPA.
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Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery and find out how to report your actions.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of River Avon SAC.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Teesmouth SPA, Ramsar.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Stodmarsh SAC, Ramsar.
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