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

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

  • As a local authority or local planning authority, when to publish your biodiversity report and what to include.

  • A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Find out how to buy statutory biodiversity credits.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Invited applicants can apply for a grant to add a veranda onto, or to upgrade or replace existing laying hen or pullet housing to improve animal health and welfare.