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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.
Check if you need to do a risk assessment, how to do a risk assessment, and how the Environment Agency can help you.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
63 projects awarded share of £14.5 million to support species recovery across England
What local authorities must do to grant recognition for natural mineral water and carry out ongoing checks.
Government launches new multi-million pound fund to create and restore wildlife-rich habitats.
The characteristics, diagnosis, epidemiology of hantaviruses.
Find out the measures the UK and EC are taking to reduce fishing industry threats to marine life, such as overfishing, finning, and bycatch
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Information about the Coombe mine water treatment scheme in Cornwall, England.
Apply for a licence to carry out work that may affect species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, find out if you need to pay and how to report your actions.
Two new mascots are helping bring to life the history and wildlife of a city centre urban watercourse.
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