Gamebirds: decision to issue the gamebird release general licence
How Defra arrived at its decision to issue the gamebird general licence (GL43).
Applies to England
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Defra’s gamebirds general licence (GL43) allows an authorised person to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on European sites and within their 500m buffer zones.
This document and annexes explain how Defra considered the evidence and came to the decision to issue this general licence.