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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.
How MMO byelaws are made and what they protect.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
You may need to complete a wildfire management plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
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.
How to prepare or review a management plan for a Protected Landscape in England.
Natural England's terms and conditions for chargeable discretionary advice services for proposals affecting sites of special scientific interest.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
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