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What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
What you need to do if you find, own or look after a listed invasive non-native (alien) animal in England and Wales.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
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 land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
Annual laboratory confirmed UK sightings of the yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet (Vespa velutina).
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
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.
How developers can use habitat creation or enhancements to count towards their biodiversity net gain (BNG).
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
How to assess a planning application when there are great crested newts on or near a proposed development site.
Use this service to find out the rules, and the pest or disease risks for importing plants, plant products or seeds to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) for commercial use.
Register for a licence to survey bats using your hand, artificial light, endoscopes and hand-held nets for scientific, research or educational purposes, including for commissioned surveys in relation to proposed developments…
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).
A biodiversity gain plan shows how a development will achieve biodiversity net gain.
How biodiversity net gain (BNG) applies to irreplaceable habitat.
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