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What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
How to apply for a licence, when you need a licence, fees, licence conditions and records you must keep.
This document provides advice on owning a dog.
As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Use this service to register your fishery, cropping water, or aquaponics system, or register as a sole transporter with the Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI).
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess planning proposals that may affect great crested newts if the developer applies to use the Natural England district level licensing (DLL) scheme.
Sign up to receive the latest news on exotic notifiable animal disease outbreaks in Great Britain.
Information for pest controllers about the rules for using glue traps to catch rodents and how to apply for a licence.
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