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Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
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 to do if you think you've seen a wildlife crime.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Find out about the different marine species and how they are protected UK wildlife legislation.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
As an authorised person, use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 15 days to rehabilitate them.
Register for a licence to modify or remove Eurasian beaver dams or damaged burrows outside their breeding season.
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
You may need to complete a wildfire management plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
Find out how to control wild geese populations using egg oiling or by round-up and culling, if you’re permitted to do so under the terms of your licence.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
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.
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.
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