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Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
See where the National Park boundary has been extended under the Yorkshire Dales National Park (Designation) (Variation) Confirmation Order 2015.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a new event.
Read about the rules for the capital grant for farmers and land managers to restock or improve woodland after tree health problems
Information for landowners about how Natural England investigates reports of death or injury to wildlife or pets where pesticides may be involved.
Find out about a change to the name of Lullington Heath National Nature Reserve in East Sussex and an extension to the area covered by the site.
This inshore marine conservation zone (MCZ) was designated on 21 November 2013. Four features were added to this site on 31 May 2019.
This inshore marine conservation zone (MCZ) was designated on 21 November 2013. Five additional features were added to four sites on 31 May 2019.
This inshore marine conservation zone (MCZ) was designated on 21 November 2013.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Albert Field, in South West England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Dover to Folkestone, in the South East of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at North East of Haig Fras, in the South West of England.
Information about the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) designation at Runswick Bay, in the North East of England.
How to prepare or review a management plan for a Protected Landscape in England.
Read this guidance if your Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) contains ash trees.
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