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From:: Natural England, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Marine Management Organisation, Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, and Maritime and Coastguard Agency

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Marine sites and species

Closed fishing areas
Marine Protected Areas: conservation advice packages
Managing fisheries in Marine Protected Areas
Marine protected areas: strategic management table
Marine species: protection
Perform a marine seismic or geophysical survey
Reduce dolphin and porpoise by-catch
Understand marine conservation byelaws
Understand marine wildlife licences and report an incident
Wreck and salvage law

Science and evidence

Marine Management Organisation (MMO) Master Data Register (MDR)
Scientific Framework Agreement 2012-2016

Land sites

Ancient woodland and veteran trees: protecting them from development
Conservation objectives for land-based protected sites in England: how to use the site advice
Construction near protected areas and wildlife
Developers: get environmental advice on your planning proposals
Local planning authorities: get environmental advice on planning
Natural England designations programme for areas, sites and trails
Protected sites and areas: how to review planning applications
Sites of Special Scientific Interest: designation
Sites of special scientific interest: managing your land
Sites of special scientific interest: public body responsibilities

Land species

Badgers: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Bats: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Freshwater and migratory fish: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Freshwater pearl mussel: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Great crested newts: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Hazel or common dormice: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Invertebrates: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Natterjack toads: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Otters: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Plants: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Pre-submission screening service: advice on planning proposals affecting protected species
Protected species: how to review planning applications
Reptiles: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Water voles: surveys and mitigation for development projects
White-clawed crayfish: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Wild birds: surveys and mitigation for development projects
Wild birds: surveys and monitoring for onshore wind farms

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