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Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
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…
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
As a planning authority, find out how to review applications that might affect protected sites and areas.
Find out what experience and references you need to support your application or registration, and what form your referees need to complete.
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.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
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.
Check if your item is a ‘worked specimen’ and does not need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species.
Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.
Complete declaration forms as part of an application for a bat mitigation licence.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
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