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How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
How a competent authority must decide if a plan or project proposal that affects a European site can go ahead.
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
Find out when you must use a Defra-approved disinfectant, which product to use, and in what concentration.
List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected species on or near a proposed development site.
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Rod fishing byelaws are rules and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take in England.
As a vet or pharmacist, you must follow legal requirements when working with controlled drugs in veterinary medicine.
How enforcement officers can apply the conformation standard to check if a dog is an XL Bully.
How to report dead wild birds.
How to import or move food and drink from the EU to Great Britain.
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
What you need to do as a developer to meet biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
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