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How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish 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 prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Apply for your organisation to become a responsible body for conservation covenants.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
A list of designated responsible bodies able to enter into conservation covenant agreements with landowners in England.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
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.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
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.
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.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
Based on the best available evidence MMO have identified bycatch of harbour porpoise in gillnets as a concern that may need to be managed. As such MMO is considering potential management options. It has set out the evidence …
How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with illegal ivory dealing.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
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