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What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk abstraction for nature recovery actions and fish or eel passage
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
What you must do to avoid harming bats and when you’ll need a licence.
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
How to apply for funding to deliver water management works that raise water tables in lowland peat soils in England, including eligibility and costs.
Apply for a licence to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds to prevent serious damage.
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
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