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Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Licences to release non-native species into the wild
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
How to apply to import, export or re-export endangered animal and plant species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
The project “Upscaling innovative ‘planting-baskets’ to restore landscape diversity, and enhance climate-resilient livelihoods” is a Darwin Initiative Innovation Project, funded through the UK government’s Biodiversity Challenge Funds.
APHA garden awarded gold at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
New national measures come into force to safeguard the UK, and its forestry and horticulture industries, from a range of plant health diseases and pests.
The Darwin Initiative has re-opened for new projects to apply for funding on United Nations International Day of Biological Diversity.
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