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Check if you need a licence or phytosanitary certificate to export or move plants and plant products.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell growing trees using our Felling Licence Online service.
What you need to know about delinked payments, who is eligible, how they’re calculated and paid, and how they're affected by business changes.
The qualifications you need to work with fluorinated gas (F gas) and the organisations that offer them.
Apply for a licence to control wild birds for air safety, conservation, public health and safety or to prevent disease or agricultural damage.
Find out about the Forestry Commission’s Professional Forester Apprenticeship programme. The Development Woodland Officer role aims to kickstart your forestry career.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Information about getting permission to enter, disturb or change coal mines or coal managed or owned by the Mining Remediation Authority that’s on your property.
What land use codes to use when declaring land in a rural payments application such as Countryside Stewardship or the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
How to apply for a licence to offer boarding for cats and dogs, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
Find out if your marine activity needs a licence, exemption or permission from another authority or organisation.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
Find out how to create a woodland management plan for grant and felling licence applications. This will help you plan and develop a sustainable woodland.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the species management plan item.
Find out how to kill trees on site using chemical treatments to prevent the spread of pests and diseases.
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
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