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  • Enter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain

    How land managers, developers, local planning authorities (LPAs) and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Submit a biodiversity gain plan

    A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Make off-site biodiversity gains as a developer

    How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Statutory biodiversity credits

    Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Sell biodiversity units as a land manager

    How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Meet biodiversity net gain requirements: steps for developers

    What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Complying with the biodiversity duty

    As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Biodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should do 

    How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG). 

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • CITES application fees

    Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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  • Irreplaceable habitat

    How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA)

    Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • What to include in biodiversity net gain baselines for NSIPs

    Find out which habitats to include when calculating the pre-development biodiversity value for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits

    Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in farming

    Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Species Recovery Programme: call for ideas funding opportunity

    The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.

    • From: Natural England
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  • Meet your BNG requirements: steps to take for land managers

    Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Buy statutory biodiversity credits

    Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • SR2015 No 33: repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank

    Standard rules for repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank using natural materials.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • CITES: import restrictions

    Check if there are restrictions on importing a CITES specimen into Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA): Guidance

    Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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