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Guidance on using natural capital approaches in making decisions about the natural environment.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
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.
This publication provides details of the code of practice that should be used for the responsible use of animal medicines on farms.
MMO is proposing management measures for offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) in the North Sea region.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
If you're a laboratory or scientific institution, use this licence to hold tissue samples from wild birds and animals during investigations into offences.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
APHA guidance on trichinella testing procedures for hunters of feral wild boar.
A guide to the use of forensic and specialist techniques in the investigation of wildlife crime.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
How to apply for a fisheries dispensation from UK laws to carry out scientific research from a fishing vessel in English waters.
Enabling safe and sustainable marine economies across Commonwealth Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
Apply for European Maritime and Fisheries Funds (EMFF) and download guidance documents and application forms.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
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…
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for SQP retailers’ premises inspections.
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