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Plants that you need a licence to sell.
Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Guidance on how organisations can carry out conformity assessments against the British Standards Institution (BSI) Nature Investment Standards.
How to manage beaver activities on your land without a licence and when you need a licence.
Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
How land managers can combine biodiversity units and nutrient credits, and sell them alongside other environmental payments.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
How to deal with wild birds causing a health or safety issue, or a problem on your farm or fishery and when you need a licence.
Check if your item is a ‘worked specimen’ and does not need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species.
How to assess a planning application when there are otters on or near a proposed development site.
As a land owner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to kill or take certain species of wild birds to conserve wild birds, flora or fauna of conservation concern.
Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how to apply and what to do if it is refused or revoked.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
The conditions you must follow if you carry out cage trapping and dispatch of wild birds under Defra and Natural England licences.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
How to assess a planning application when there are hazel (common) dormice on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under a licence.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
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