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Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
How to assess a planning application when there are invertebrates on or near a proposed development site.
The criteria you must meet to secure a licence to release Eurasian beavers into the wild in England.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey white-clawed crayfish for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under this licence.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Register for a licence to catch and relocate white-clawed crayfish for maintenance work on water bodies and find out how to report your actions.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Use Natural England's advice to protect European sites and find out if your activity or proposal may potentially impact the species and habitats within them.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Owners or occupiers of land, or people authorised by them, can use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on special areas of conservation and within their 500m buffer zones.
How to notify the Marine Management Organisation that you are carrying out a seismic or geophysical survey.
How to amend or remove a registration on the biodiversity gain sites register, or amend an allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
How to apply for a licence to release Eurasian beavers into secure enclosures in England.
Use this licence to take shrews to ring or mark them, or for scientific or educational purposes.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of conducting forestry operations.
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