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Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
As a Natural England contractor, complete the contractor's licence form to allow you to download aerial data in the UK provided by APGB consortium.
Apply for a licence to take or kill seals in rivers and find out how to report your actions.
Use these forms to consult on archaeological and heritage, biodiversity, or landscape, common land and access features.
Find out if you can remove or work on countryside hedgerows.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
The Prime Minister has reappointed Yadvinder Malhi as Trustee of The Natural History Museum Board.
Register to use a class licence for activities that need specific skill or experience to avoid risk to the conservation or welfare of a protected species.
Use this form to appoint an agent to apply on your behalf for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) screening decision, scoping opinion or consent decision.
How to apply for orders to set up a private shellfishery or manage a natural shellfishery: powers to restrict fishing rights and issue licences.
Find out what Natural England is doing to improve enjoyment and benefit of the outdoors to a diverse range of visitors.
Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the natural father's details.
Recreational organisations like caravan clubs or the Scouts can apply for an exemption to camp without a licence or planning permission.
Natural resources trends focusing on energy, materials, water, waste and nature trends.
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