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An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Register for licences to cage-trap and mark badgers (Meles meles) for vaccinating them against bovine tuberculosis (TB) to help prevent the spread of disease.
Interactive WebApps to support MMO’s assessment and potential management of Stage 4 marine protected areas (MPAs) and guidance to help users make the most of this platform.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
Map of European sites in England and the 500 metre buffer zone around these sites on 31 May 2021.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
How to monitor beaver populations and share data.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Get a general licence to temporarily possess and transport dead bats for testing as part of the passive surveillance for bat rabies project.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
You may need to complete a restoration plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
Get a licence to carry out investigations of wildlife and other crime that could affect protected species and their habitats in England.
Get a licence to sell dead specimens of protected species legally taken from the wild before 30 October 1981.
The byelaw for bottom towed fishing gear, including an impact assessment and charts.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
How to apply for a licence to release Eurasian beavers into secure enclosures in England.
Apply for a licence to take and mark badgers to enable vaccination to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in cattle.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
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