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The Natural History Museum (NHM) is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within 5 main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification...
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
Guidance, application forms and protocols for plant breeders' rights, national listing, seed certification and farmed saved seed.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Information on herbal medicines, how to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR), banned or restricted herbal ingredients, homeopathic medicines and fees.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The mycology reference laboratory (MRL) provides a comprehensive laboratory service for the diagnosis and management of fungal infections.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
How to apply for a traditional herbal registration (THR) to market a herbal medicine in the UK.
Sources of advice and financial support for UK farmers exporting agricultural products to the EU and beyond
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
Use this form if you plan to use herbicides to control weeds in water or on the banks next to a waterbody or watercourse.
Approval form for a hub site to pasteurise animal by-products or catering waste, as part of a hub and pod compost or biogas facility.
What you must do when you keep livestock or manage land.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export plants and plant products.
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