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  • Enter a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain

    How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.

    • 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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  • Make off-site biodiversity gains as a developer

    How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Complying with the biodiversity duty

    As a public authority, understand what the biodiversity duty is and how to comply with it.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Meet biodiversity net gain requirements: steps for developers

    What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Preventing the release into the wild of certain plants and animals: guidance

    Guidance on section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, which prevents the wild release of certain plants and animals in England and Wales.

    • 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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  • SR2015 No 33: repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank

    Standard rules for repairing and protecting up to 20 metres of main river bank using natural materials.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA): Guidance

    Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Find a specific tree pest or disease

    Find out about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.

    • From: Forestry Commission
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  • Report a tree pest or disease

    Find out when and how to report a notifiable tree pest or disease in the UK, and information on services such as Tree Alert, TreeCheck and Observatree.

    • From: Forestry Commission and 1 others
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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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