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Advice and guidance on protecting animal welfare.
Information for developers on how to avoid harming protected areas and species during development work.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
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.
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.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on arable and horticultural land.
You need a licence to keep certain kinds of wild or dangerous animals: contact your council for more information
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
Find out about the SFI actions for farmland wildlife on improved grassland, what land is eligible for each action, and what you need to do to get paid.
Licences to release non-native species into the wild
Find out about exporting products of animal origin (POAO) such as meat, dairy and fish, live animals, plants and plant products.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Report from an event at the the 2015 Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute conference in Arusha
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
What animal by-products (ABPs) are, how to set up a site that uses them safely, the paperwork you need, and how to dispose of them.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
On 20 June 2023, the Environment Secretary delivered a speech at a Wildlife Trusts event on the importance of nature recovery and biodiversity.
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