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How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
Use this service to estimate the cost of statutory biodiversity credits for a development.
The Species Recovery Programme has launched a new opportunity calling for ideas to support threatened species.
Guidance for policy and decision makers to help them consider the value of a natural capital approach.
Find out what IPM is and how to apply it on your land.
Find out how much your CITES permit, certificate or registration will cost.
Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.
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.
Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
This Handbook sets out a standard way of recording hedgerows.
Guidance on section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, which prevents the wild release of certain plants and animals in England and Wales.
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).
When you need a licence to release common pheasants and red-legged partridges and how to apply.
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