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How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.
Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitats.
Find out about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.
As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.
Check if you need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) list.
Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
Guidance on section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, which prevents the wild release of certain plants and animals in England and Wales.
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
Enabling a Natural Capital Approach (ENCA) guidance is a comprehensive document providing information and resources for Natural Capital.
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).
This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.
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.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
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