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Find out about eligibility and requirements for the check dams item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the chemical bracken control item.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
Find out about a new National Nature Reserve (NNR) in West Yorkshire
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
As an authorised person, use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 15 days to rehabilitate them.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
Find out what you should include in a heritage management plan, who to consult and the approval process for conditionally exempt properties.
Find out how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
What you must do to get paid for this item and advice on how to do it.
Find out about eligibility requirements for beaver protection infrastructure item
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the ditch, dyke and rhine creation item.
Setting out how regulatory bodies can co-ordinate the separate processes for coastal development consents in England.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
An guide produced by Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England to provide a decision framework for landowners on where to establish trees and where to restore peat.
Get a licence to possess and transport dead specimens of certain animals for scientific or educational purposes.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
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