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Apply for a licence to release non-native (alien) and schedule 9 species, or capture, possess or transport native Eurasian beavers and release them into secure enclosures. Includes how to report your actions.
Form (FP002) and guidance (FP003) for approval to install a fish pass on a river, in connection with a hydroelectric-power scheme application.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of River Avon SAC.
Find nature reserves, national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and green spaces
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of Stodmarsh SAC, Ramsar.
Use this guidance and form to apply for an exemption from CITES fees because of conservation work.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of The Broads and Wensum SACs.
Apply for a licence application to sell dead or live protected animals and plants and find out how to report your actions.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of River Derwent and Bassenthwaite Lake SAC.
Apply for a licence to keep certain non-native species for exhibition or for science and education purposes and find out how to report your actions.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of River Lugg.
Calculate nutrient budgets for developments in the catchment of River Itchen SAC.
Apply for an organisational licence for your business for routine activities that affect protected species, and find out if you need to pay.
How to apply for a licence from Defra to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm within a less favoured area.
Express your interest in applying for a strategic licence for work that affects water voles in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock or Southend-on-Sea.
Use these forms to report any actions taken under an individual licence to kill, take or disturb wild birds (A08 or A09), or to request renewal of your licence.
A licence to temporarily possess and move dead beavers for post-mortem health and disease testing.
Apply for a licence to kill, take, disturb or possess wildlife for survey, research or conservation work, or to prevent stoats from damaging livestock.
Make a complaint, provide feedback or request a reconsideration of a Landscape Recovery scheme decision.
Report any action taken under a licence to interfere with badger setts for forestry or drainage purposes.
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