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How to engage with your stakeholders when planning to release Eurasian beavers into the wild.
Get a general licence to keep birds in show cages that don't meet size requirements.
Advice for licensed operators on how to cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with illegal ivory dealing.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
Guidance on reducing the risks of getting salmonella infections from reptiles.
Register for a licence to displace water voles to allow internal drainage boards to carry out works that could disturb or damage their burrows and report your actions.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
How to return tagged fish and shellfish, how much you get paid and what information to include.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
Get a general licence to kill or take ruddy ducks, or damage or destroy their nests and eggs.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild birds and their parts.
Who is eligible for Darwin Plus project and fellowship funding, and how to apply.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination when native species are not available.
Environment Agency regulatory position on disposing of trees or plants affected by disease or pests by burning: RPS 71.
How your personal information is used when you submit a gamebird licence application.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
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