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Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.
Guidance for local authorities on licensing and enforcement responsibilities for privately kept primates.
Apply to import a medicine for veterinary use into the UK.
Guidance for prescribing vets on the use of the cascade.
Information about sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), including how to report sightings.
The minimum standards that zoos are expected to meet.
Guidance for businesses that import meat, dairy, eggs and animal products for human consumption. Check import rules, restrictions and what documents you need.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats 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).
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export or move plants and plant products.
South East byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
Annual laboratory confirmed UK sightings of the yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).
North East rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
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