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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.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
Get a general licence to take mallard duck eggs for incubation and rearing in captivity as long as you release them later in the year.
How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
Use Natural England's advice to protect European sites and find out if your activity or proposal may potentially impact the species and habitats within them.
How to prepare or review a management plan for a Protected Landscape in England.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
MMO have carried out assessments on the impacts of fishing activities on highly mobile species features including harbour porpoises and marine bird species. These assessments are captured within the draft fishing gear MPA Im…
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Natural England's terms and conditions for chargeable discretionary advice services for proposals affecting sites of special scientific interest.
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 …
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.
Use Natural England’s advice packages to find out if your activity, proposal or area has a potential impact on MPAs and the species and habitats within them.
Find out when and how to appeal if Natural England refuses you consent to carry out an activity on a site of special scientific interest.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
Get a general licence to sell black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
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