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Get a general licence to show certain species of captive bred birds in competition.
Find out how to control wild geese populations using egg oiling or by round-up and culling, if you’re permitted to do so under the terms of your licence.
Offers to help farmers and land managers protect wildlife and preserve the natural environment.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the training to control and manage non-native plants item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the construction of water penning structures item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the installation of livestock drinking troughs (in draining pens for freshly dipped sheep) item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the lined biobed plus pesticide loading and washdown area item.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the lined biobed with existing washdown area item.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Find out about proposals to improve coastal access in Hampshire.
Find out about Natural England's progress with improving coastal access.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
Read this guidance if your Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) contains ash trees.
This inshore marine conservation zone (MCZ) was designated on 21 November 2013. Two features were added to this site on 31 May 2019.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds, in the East of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Dover to Folkestone, in the South East of England.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2020.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
Use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 6 weeks to rehabilitate them.
How to apply for a licence to release Eurasian beavers into secure enclosures in England.
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