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Environmental management

Wildlife and habitat conservation: detailed information

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Natural England, Environment Agency, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
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Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Closed organisation: Department for International Development, Marine Management Organisation, Closed organisation: Highways England, Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland), Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Natural Resources Wales, Rural Payments Agency, Welsh Government, Cabinet Office, Forestry Commission, Ministry of Defence, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Northern Ireland), Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities , Forestry England, Health and Safety Executive, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Closed organisation: Public Health England, and UK Hydrographic Office

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Fish and shellfish

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Invertebrates

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Mammals

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  • Hazel dormice: protection and licences
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  • Mink, coypu and muskrat: apply for a licence to keep them (A04 and LR04)
  • Rabbits: how to control numbers
  • Seals: licence to kill or take them in rivers (A17 and LR17)

Reptiles and amphibians

  • Great crested newts: protection and licences

Other wildlife licensing

  • Class licences for wildlife management
  • European protected species: apply for a licence to possess them (A37 and LR37)
  • European protected species: apply for a mitigation licence (A12)
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  • Protected species licence for science, education or conservation (A29)
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