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How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
Register for a licence to survey bats using torches for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery, and report your actions.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds to conserve wild birds, flora or fauna of conservation concern.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Check if your item is a ‘worked specimen’ and does not need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species.
Follow the code and guidance if you’re considering a species reintroduction or other conservation translocation. Use the forms to record your project and apply for a conservation translocation licence.
When you can get permission to catch eel or elver by trap or net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how to apply and what to do if it is refused or revoked.
Buying statutory biodiversity credits is a last resort for developers who are unable to use on-site or off-site units to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
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