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How to monitor beaver populations and share data.
Guidance on how organisations can carry out conformity assessments against the British Standards Institution (BSI) Nature Investment Standards.
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.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
Add your business to the Animal and Plant Health Agency list of authorised distance plant sellers.
When you can get permission to catch lamprey or smelt by trap or net in England. How to apply and rules to follow.
How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with illegal ivory dealing.
Get a general licence to sell dead wild red squirrels and pine martens.
Get a general licence to kill or take ruddy ducks, or damage or destroy their nests and eggs.
How to engage with your stakeholders when planning to release Eurasian beavers into the wild.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in December 2003.
Get a general licence to remove abandoned or unsuccessful eggs from wild birds' nests between 1 September and 31 January.
Based on the best available evidence MMO have identified bycatch of harbour porpoise in gillnets as a concern that may need to be managed. As such MMO is considering potential management options. It has set out the evidence …
Get a general licence to sell and exhibit mealy redpoll that have been bred in captivity. The bird must be ringed with a size C ring.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination when native species are not available.
Advice for licensed operators on how to cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England.
Get a general licence to sell black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
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