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How the government plans to implement the Nature Restoration Fund.
Ministerial foreword We remain firmly of the view that when it comes to…
Vaccination of birds against high pathogenicity avian influenza joint statement from the avian influenza vaccination taskforce.
Since October 2021 an unprecedented number of high pathogenicity avian…
Outcome of a review into the licensing of ‘wild take’ – the taking of birds of prey from the wild for the purpose of falconry and aviculture.
Natural England is responsible, on behalf of Defra, for determining…
Defra's approach to the wild release and management of beavers in England.
Changing the River Esk byelaw from temporary to permanent.
Seeking views on proposed amendments to Annex A of the Joint Fisheries Statement.
This statement sets the direction of UK fisheries management.
How Defra arrived at its decision to issue the modified GL45 gamebird general licence, valid from 7 June 2024 to 1 February 2025, which replaces the version published on 22 March 2024.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
We would like to know what you think about extending the Ivory Act (2018) to other ivory bearing species.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The UK government’s approach on the trade of seal products and details of the ban on these products including relevant exemptions.
Details of the plan to protect plant biosecurity in Great Britain.
We are seeking your views on our proposed approach to beaver reintroduction and management in England.
Seeking views on our proposals for additional enforcement requirements to the Ivory Act 2018.
Seeking views on the implementation of the UK ivory ban.
Seeking views on what general licences to kill or take wild birds should cover. We're also asking for evidence on issues like record keeping.
The main points and processes of the 2019 Regulations, which amend the Habitats Regulations 2017 that transpose the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives, to make them operable from 1 January 2021.
Seeking views on proposed management measures for invasive alien species (also known as invasive non-native species) which are widely spread in England and Wales.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Seeking evidence to help develop plans on how the government can help protect marine and terrestrial biodiversity in the British Overseas Territories.
We want your views on whether to keep, change or remove the current close season.
Seeking views about the recent withdrawal of the three general licences (GL04, GL05 and GL06) for the management of wild birds.
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