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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).
How to apply for funding to deliver water management works that raise water tables in lowland peat soils in England, including eligibility and costs.
Apply for a licence to kill or take fish-eating birds causing significant damage to a fishery, and report your actions.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how to apply and what to do if it is refused or revoked.
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 apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
What to do if you think you've seen a wildlife crime.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk abstraction for nature recovery actions and fish or eel passage
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
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.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
When you can get a licence to catch salmon or sea trout by net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Guidance on reducing the risks of getting salmonella infections from reptiles.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
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