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How to keep farmed goats, and your responsibilities for their health, housing and feed.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Find out the tests that are most commonly requested from APHA, their test codes, and the correct laboratory to send samples.
How to get a licence to breed dogs in Scotland, and the conditions you must meet.
This enforcement policy sets out the general principles and approach taken by the VMD.
The systematic survey of the UK’s coastal waters
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
Penalty notices and fines that apply for fisheries offences, including illegal catch and marketing offences.
Standard rules for channel habitat structures made of natural materials occupying up to 100 metres of a main river.
How to check if an ivory item you're buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what you need to do as a new owner.
Private cattle IFN-y testing, including when to test, how to apply for permission, carry out testing and submit samples to APHA.
How the Environment Agency will respond to planning consultations that include activities we permit under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010 (EPR).
Enabling a Natural Capital Approach featured tools is a summary of selected natural capital or valuation tools developed by government. These include analytical tools and platforms assessing natural capital tools.
A list of trade term codes to provide a description of your specimen to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
All references to Area VII are to Area VII within British Fishery Limits only. Details of the approach to managing the over 15 metre Area VII crab and scallop fishing sector to keep the fishery within UK effort limits.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
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