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Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
Find out what experience and references you need to support your application or registration, and what form your referees need to complete.
Check if there are restrictions on importing a CITES specimen into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
How to obtain an authorisation to wholesale veterinary medicines.
Buying statutory biodiversity credits is a last resort for developers who are unable to use on-site or off-site units to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Laws and regulations protecting farm animals at shows and markets, including the suitability of pens, cages or hutches
Information on what a border control post (BCP) is and the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) checks that take place there.
How public bodies can get advice from Natural England about notice and getting assent for activities on protected sites.
The National Centre for Environmental Horticulture and Plant Health undertakes research to help mitigate existing and emerging threats to our green spaces.
Who can fish commercially, who can buy and sell first-sale fish, how to report sales information.
Where you can build a pet cemetery, the animals you can bury there, how it must be built and how to register.
When fishery owners and suppliers of live fish must get a fish health check. How to arrange the check and how to report the results.
How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries – and report actions taken und…
Find out about the process and costs to apply for Defra disinfectant approval.
Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how to apply and what to do if it is refused or revoked.
This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.
Institutes, centres and premises in Great Britain approved to move animals, semen and embryos covered by the Balai Directive.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Follow the code and guidance if you’re considering a species reintroduction or other conservation translocation. Use the forms to record your project and apply for a conservation translocation licence.
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