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How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
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 to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
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.
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.
How to assess a planning application when there are wild birds on or near a proposed development site.
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.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
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).
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
What to do if you think you've seen a wildlife crime.
How landowners and occupiers can assess the threat of ragwort on their land and control it.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
A list of designated responsible bodies able to enter into conservation covenant agreements with landowners in England.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
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