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Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
How to check if an ivory item you're buying or hiring has been registered or certified as exempt, and what you need to do as a new owner.
Register for a licence to survey bats using harp traps for scientific, research, or educational purposes including informing development projects.
Get a general licence to release native and formerly native wild bird or animal species whose release is normally prohibited.
How the Animal and Plant Health Agency and other enforcement bodies can use enforcement and sanctioning powers to secure compliance with illegal ivory dealing.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
Find out what you can do to stop deer causing damage to your property.
How to prepare a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 6 weeks to rehabilitate them.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
Get a general licence to take mallard duck eggs for incubation and rearing in captivity as long as you release them later in the year.
Guidance on reducing the risks of getting salmonella infections from reptiles.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
Environment Agency regulatory position on disposing of trees or plants affected by disease or pests by burning: RPS 71.
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.
Register to use a licence to maintain drainage ditches inhabited by little whirlpool ramshorn snails and find out how to report your actions.
How your personal information is used when you report dead wild birds.
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