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Guidance for local authorities on licensing and enforcement responsibilities for privately kept primates.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
List of organisations that issue horse passports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities (LPAs) and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
What to include in a habitat management and monitoring plan (HMMP) to improve biodiversity for the long term.
From 7 October 2025, dogs commercially imported from Romania must have a negative Brucella canis test result. Find out how to send samples to Great Britain for testing.
What you must do to protect the welfare of animals during transport.
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.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
The minimum standards that zoos are expected to meet.
Service for Marketing Authorisation Holders, Manufacturers, Veterinary Professionals and Wholesalers.
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
Urgent and clinically significant safety updates arising from pharmacovigilance data, including reported adverse events, for veterinary medicines authorised in the UK.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
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