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Register for a licence to take, disturb or possess hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
How to manage Eurasian beavers on your land without a licence and when you need a licence in England.
Register for a licence to survey great crested newts for research, conservation or development projects.
How to assess a planning application when there are white-clawed crayfish on or near a proposed development site.
Check if a CITES item that you want to import is listed as having an import suspension due to its trade being considered unsustainable.
Competent authorities must take action to help protect, conserve and restore the protected habitats and species of European sites.
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 modify or remove dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
Standing advice for local planning authorities, developers and ecologists for assessing the impacts of wind farms on wild birds.
Find out how to control wild geese populations using egg oiling or by round-up and culling, if you’re permitted to do so under the terms of your licence.
Find out which plants are banned from sale, which need a licence and how to get a licence.
Plants that you need a licence to sell.
Register for a licence to survey white-clawed crayfish for research, conservation or development projects.
Use this general licence to keep disabled schedule 4 wild birds for up to 6 weeks to rehabilitate them.
Explains how the Animal Welfare Act 2006 applies to wildlife.
What to do if you think you've seen a wildlife crime.
As a landowner, occupier or authorised person, use this general licence to release common pheasants or red-legged partridges on specified special protection areas or within their 500-metre buffer zones.
Licence to survey bats for conservation purposes.
Find out if your ivory item may qualify for the pre-1918 outstandingly high artistic, cultural or historical value exemption, how to apply and what to do if it is refused or revoked.
Find out what a volunteer bat roost visitor (VBRV) does and how to get trained and licenced to carry out bat roost visits.
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