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Details of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes (MCRS) in UK waters.
The Secretary of State specifies minimum standards that zoos in England are expected to meet.
Explainer for businesses and persons regulated by the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013, as amended, on the transitional provisions included in the amending legislation: the Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulati…
How to apply for a licence to import, release or keep non-native animals.
What counts as a bird gathering, and how to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
How landowners and occupiers can assess the threat of ragwort on their land and control it.
If you’re responsible for a farm animal you must make sure that you care for it properly.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
This Code of Practice (the Code) applies to all cats.
A list of places where you can bring consignments of plants, seeds and produce into the UK, including ports and airports.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
How to spot and report bee pests and diseases.
How to assess a planning application when there are water voles on or near a proposed development site.
How local authorities can select a site, and then declare and manage it as a local nature reserve (LNR).
Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
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