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Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
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 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.
How to prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
How to check if an ivory item you're buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what you need to do as a new owner.
Who is eligible for Darwin Plus project and fellowship funding, and how to apply.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater pearl mussels on or near a proposed development site.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
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