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Register for a licence to kill deer at night by shooting during the open season.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
Sign up to receive the latest news on exotic notifiable animal disease outbreaks in Great Britain.
Apply to join the Natural England great crested newt district level licensing scheme as a developer, ecologist or landowner.
Check the definition of composite products and understand the import rules and restrictions, depending on the ingredients in your food product.
How to control rabbits on your property or business using traps, snares and other methods.
How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.
Information on practices and procedures covered under the Plant Varieties Act 1997, the Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations 1998 and the Seeds Regulations 2001.
How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.
From 7 October 2025, dogs commercially imported from Romania must have a negative Brucella canis test result. Find out how to send samples to Great Britain for testing.
Get permission to introduce (site permit) or remove fish (excluding fish farms): application forms and rules.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
How to get a licence to breed dogs, and the conditions you must meet.
Services provided and contact details for Veterinary Investigation Centres (VICs) and surveillance pathology partners in England and Wales.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
Map showing the local nature recovery strategy (LNRS) areas in England and the responsible authority who will lead the preparation of each strategy.
How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
Information for pest controllers about the rules for using glue traps to catch rodents and how to apply for a licence.
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