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Get a licence to trap edible dormice for health and safety and other purposes.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
Get a general licence to show certain species of captive bred birds in competition.
Information for landowners about how Natural England investigates reports of death or injury to wildlife or pets where pesticides may be involved.
Infographic illustrating the top GB ports and associated top international trading supply regions, where non-compliant wood-based material has been intercepted.
You may need to complete a restoration plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
How to monitor beaver populations and share data.
Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination when native species are not available.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
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 black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
How to engage with your stakeholders when planning to release Eurasian beavers into the wild.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
How Defra will use your personal information when you submit a nomination for a Bees' Needs Champion Award.
Get a general licence to temporarily possess and transport dead bats for testing as part of the passive surveillance for bat rabies project.
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