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Get a licence to capture and transport live Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) that are trapped in fisheries to prevent damage.
Find out about the strategic licence trial for work that affects water voles in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock or Southend-on-Sea.
Find out how to use nets or traps to catch birds in food premises and safely release them within the terms of your licence.
Guidance on reducing the risks of getting salmonella infections from reptiles.
As an authorised person, use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 15 days to rehabilitate them.
You may need to complete a wildfire management plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
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.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
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.
When you can get a licence to catch salmon or sea trout by net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
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 how to sell wild birds and animals legally and safely, and what licences you need to get.
Get a general licence to sell captive bred live wild birds.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
Environment Agency regulatory position on disposing of trees or plants affected by disease or pests by burning: RPS 71.
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