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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.
As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
When to follow Balai rules to import animals and germinal products to Great Britain.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
How to solve a pest problem with foxes, moles and mink using traps, snares and other methods.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
Before you buy a pet cat or dog, make checks to avoid the illegal trade in pet animals, and know how to report concerns.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
Sign up to receive the latest news on exotic notifiable animal disease outbreaks in Great Britain.
How to apply for a licence to offer boarding for cats and dogs, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
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.
How to import or move live animals and germinal products from the EU to Great Britain.
Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
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