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Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
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).
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
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.
When you can get permission to catch eel or elver by trap or net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
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.
What to do if you think you've seen a wildlife crime.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
How to apply for an individual licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges on special protection areas, special areas of conservation, or within 500 metres of their boundaries – and report actions taken und…
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.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under a licence.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
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.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
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