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How to keep rabbits on farms and your housing health and feed responsibilities.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare. Applications closed at 11.59pm on 28 April 2026.
Fees calculator tool to help you work out how much your application for a new Marketing Authorisation (MA) or a variation to an existing MA is likely to cost.
These reports outline how we’re fulfilling our duty to biodiversity across our sites.
Get a licence to possess and transport dead specimens of certain plants and animals for scientific or educational purposes.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
How Defra will handle your personal information when you submit land in England for a 30by30 assessment.
Fees for animal by-product premises inspection and approval or conditional approval services provided by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Tuberculosis (TB) testing in zoos, safari parks and other collections, the qualifications needed and when vets and Official Veterinarians must apply for permission from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
Use Natural England's advice to protect European sites and find out if your activity or proposal may potentially impact the species and habitats within them.
Guidance for EU exporters, exporters from the rest of the world and UK importers, on how to import groupage or mixed load consignments of animal products into Great Britain.
PARNUTs application requirements.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) aims to help the fishing industry maximise use of quotas.
Interactive WebApp to support Stage 3 marine protected areas (MPAs) consultation and guidance to help users make the most of this platform,
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