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How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).
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.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
When you need a licence, when you can burn and how to burn safely.
What to do if you think you've seen a wildlife crime.
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 hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
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.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
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