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  • Local nature recovery strategies: areas and responsible authorities

    Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • What you can count towards a development’s biodiversity net gain

    How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Statutory biodiversity credits

    Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Irreplaceable habitat

    How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Sell biodiversity units as a land manager

    How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Biodiversity net gain: what local planning authorities should do 

    How local planning authorities can ensure that developers and land managers meet the requirements for biodiversity net gain (BNG). 

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Wild birds: protection and licences

    What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.

    • From: Natural England and 1 others
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  • Estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits

    Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA)

    Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • CITES application fees

    Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.

    • From: Animal and Plant Health Agency and 1 others
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  • Meet your BNG requirements: steps to take for land managers

    Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Species Recovery Programme: call for ideas funding opportunity

    The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.

    • From: Natural England
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  • Buy statutory biodiversity credits

    Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in farming

    Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Hedgerow survey handbook

    This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Buying statutory biodiversity credits

    Buying statutory biodiversity credits is a last resort for developers who are unable to use on-site or off-site units to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Local nature recovery strategy: what to include

    Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Local Nature Partnerships: key contacts

    Contact details for Local Nature Partnerships in England.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Gamebirds: licences to release them

    When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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  • Register a biodiversity site and allocate to a development

    Find out what to do if you need to register a biodiversity gain site and record allocation of off-site biodiversity gains to a development at the same time.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and 1 others
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