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Find out how you could do the SFI actions for hedgerows.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
How to manage Eurasian beavers on your land without a licence and when you need a licence in England.
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.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for integrated pest management.
How commercial plant growers can grow FPCS-certified stock, and find out the benefits of using it in commercial plantations.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the hedgerow gapping-up item.
What to do if you’re bringing plants and products like wood and timber into Great Britain, including what certificates you'll need.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the planting new hedges item.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
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.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Find out how to import species of bonsai to Great Britain from Japan and Korea, who you can import from, and what the quarantine rules are.
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