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How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.
The approach Natural England should take when securing conservation measures under Environmental Delivery Plans, as part of the Nature Restoration Fund.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
Find bird flu disease control zones and the rules you must follow in each zone.
Midlands rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.
List of substances recognised as medicinal by function.
The legal text underpinning the regulation of manufacture, authorisation, marketing, distribution, use and post-authorisation surveillance of veterinary medicines and medicated feed.
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.
South West byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.
Information for pest controllers about the rules for using glue traps to catch rodents and how to apply for a licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
How to import or move high risk food and feed of non-animal origin from the EU to Great Britain.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
Sign up to receive the latest news on exotic notifiable animal disease outbreaks in Great Britain.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve.
How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
Find out what to do and how much it costs to record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
What you need to do for biodiversity net gain (BNG) if irreplaceable habitat is present.
Ecologists can use European protected species (EPS) policies on development sites to benefit EPS by changing survey, mitigation or compensation methods.
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