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How to assess a planning application when there are Eurasian beavers on or near a proposed development site.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Get a licence to sell dead specimens of protected species legally taken from the wild before 30 October 1981.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
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.
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