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Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Information for vets and vet nurses about the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) provisional decision in its veterinary services market investigation.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
How to apply for a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) permit to move or trade endangered species.
Guidance for local authority inspectors on licensing activities involving animals.
When you need consent for a proposed operation or management change on land in a SSSI and how to apply.
When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
How to assess sector-specific planning applications that could affect air quality on a protected site.
List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.
What you need to do to buy, sell or hire out items made of or containing ivory in the UK.
Annual laboratory confirmed UK sightings of the yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
How to assess a planning application when there are ancient woodland, ancient trees or veteran trees on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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