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Information responsible authorities should include in a local nature recovery strategy.
How to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
Register as an ecological consultant to disturb or capture common bats, or damage or destroy low conservation status roosts; find out how to register a site and if you need to pay.
How to apply for a licence from Natural England to release beavers into the wild in England.
Guidance on the methods that can be used to help manage wild birds like geese, gulls and pigeons without a licence.
Terms and conditions for paying for a wildlife licence to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat.
How Defra and Natural England license the control of certain wild bird species.
Owners or occupiers of land, or people authorised by them, can use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on certain European sites or within their 500m buffer zones.
Get advice from Natural England on planning proposals that will require a protected species mitigation licence and what charges apply.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
Find out when you must consult Natural England or the Environment Agency if you're preparing plans or considering development proposals.
When you can bring seal, walrus and sea lion products into Great Britain. How recognised authorities can get approval to export seal products to Great Britain for trade.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
How to assess a planning application when there are freshwater or migratory fish on or near a proposed development site.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for scientific, research or educational purposes, including informing development projects.
Which chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost and what you need to know before you use them.
How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.
Why you need a marine wildlife licence if you are going to disturb a protected species, how to apply and how to report an incident.
How to assess a planning application when there are natterjack toads on or near a proposed development site.
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