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Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
What you must do to avoid harming hazel dormice and when you’ll need a licence.
Register for a licence to survey white-clawed crayfish for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under this licence.
How to apply for a licence to modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
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.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
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).
Follow the code and guidance if you’re considering a species reintroduction or other conservation translocation. Use the forms to record your project and apply for a conservation translocation licence.
Register to use a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies – and report actions taken under this licence.
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
How to check if an ivory item you're buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what you need to do as a new owner.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
Environment Agency regulatory position on low risk abstraction for nature recovery actions and fish or eel passage
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected wild plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage and report actions taken under this licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
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