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Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export or move plants and plant products.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
How to use the Northern Ireland plant health label (NIPHL) scheme to move used agricultural and forestry machinery or vehicles (UAFM) from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
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.
Apply to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
The minimum standards that zoos are expected to meet.
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier.
How to import or move live animals and germinal products from the EU to Great Britain.
What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
How to get a licence to breed dogs, and the conditions you must meet.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Find out what you must do before you get a pet pig, how to register as a keeper and get a pig walking licence and what you can feed pet pigs.
Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.
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