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When you can get permission to catch eel or elver by trap or net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Get a licence to catch alive or kill wild birds on or around your aerodrome for air safety purposes.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
Who is eligible for Darwin Plus project and fellowship funding, and how to apply.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey barn owls to assess the effect of a development project on them.
How to do a responsible species reintroduction or other conservation translocation that involves moving plants, animals or fungi to another location in the wild.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
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.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
Apply for your organisation to become a responsible body for conservation covenants.
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.
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…
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow work that could disturb them or damage their burrows and report your actions.
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