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Use this general licence to rear chicks from the incubated eggs of captive-bred schedule 4 birds for a limited period.
You may need to complete a restoration plan if you're applying for a licence to burn heather or grass on peat deeper than 30cm in a less favoured area.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects – and report actions taken under the licence.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects - and report actions taken under the licence.
Get a general licence to temporarily possess and transport dead bats for testing as part of the passive surveillance for bat rabies project.
An overview of beaver activities and the 5-step management approach.
Information for landowners about how Natural England investigates reports of death or injury to wildlife or pets where pesticides may be involved.
When you get a Special Nature Conservation Order (SNCO) and how to challenge it, what a stop notice means, and get consent for restricted activities that affect European sites.
Get a general licence to sell and exhibit mealy redpoll that have been bred in captivity. The bird must be ringed with a size C ring.
Get a general licence to sell black-headed gull eggs for human consumption if you're a retailer or restaurateur.
Only farmed salmon and sea trout, and wild fish caught in legal net and trap fisheries, can be legally bought and sold in England.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
A list of commodity codes that fall under the ban on dealing in ivory.
How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with illegal ivory dealing.
Environment Agency regulatory position on disposing of trees or plants affected by disease or pests by burning: RPS 71.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2019.
Based on the best available evidence MMO have identified bycatch of harbour porpoise in gillnets as a concern that may need to be managed. As such MMO is considering potential management options. It has set out the evidence …
Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination when native species are not available.
How Defra will use your personal information when you submit a nomination for a Bees' Needs Champion Award.
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