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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.
A list of designated responsible bodies able to enter into conservation covenant agreements with landowners 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.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
How to apply for a licence to release Eurasian beavers into secure enclosures in England.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
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.
Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
How landowners and occupiers can assess the threat of ragwort on their land and control it.
As an authorised person, use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 15 days to rehabilitate them.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
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.
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