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When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
How to identify if Eurasian beavers are on your land.
Advice for licensed operators on how to cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England.
Register to use a licence to maintain drainage ditches inhabited by little whirlpool ramshorn snails and find out how to report your actions.
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.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
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.
Use this form to report any action taken under a volunteer bat roost visitor licence.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in March 1994.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
How to engage with your stakeholders when planning to release Eurasian beavers into the wild.
Get a general licence to sell black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
Find the alternative feature, sub feature or supporting habitat name used in the marine site maps and the corresponding conservation advice package.
Register for a licence to set up feeding stations for hen harriers in northern England and report your actions.
How to prepare or review a management plan for a Protected Landscape in England.
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 trap stoats to conserve vulnerable wild birds.
Get a general licence to trap stoats to prevent serious damage to vulnerable livestock.
The byelaw for bottom towed fishing gear, including an impact assessment and charts.
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