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How to manage Eurasian beavers on your land without a licence and when you need a licence in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
An evaluation of the impact of sediment on breeding salmonids across Dartmoor Training Area.
Grant support for activities that enhance the quality, quantity, and diversity of tree seed sources in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
This guidance has been jointly produced by Defra, Forestry Commission and Natural England to help ensure that proposals for afforestation identify and avoid important breeding wader sites.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
Form to register an establishment used for hatching egg and chick production.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Weekend full of fun activities for the family. Includes unique opportunity to see the 200-year-old-plus Nereis Britannica by Cornish botanist John Stackhouse
What you need to do to export animal germplasm (semen, ova, and embryos).
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
Recognised breed societies for bovine, ovine, porcine and caprine species, and recognised breed operations for hybrid breeding pigs.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
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