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How to get trained to set cage traps for, vaccinate and mark badgers.
The byelaw for bottom towed fishing gear, including an impact assessment and charts.
Get a licence to interfere with badger setts for the purpose of undertaking watercourse or drainage maintenance operations.
Advice for licensed operators on how to cage-trap, vaccinate and mark badgers to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in England.
Find out how and when you can apply to be an accredited consultant for bat roost mitigation work, how to register sites, and if you need to pay.
How to create a blanket bog restoration plan and what you need to include.
Get a general licence to trap stoats to conserve vulnerable wild birds.
Trappers of certain species of mammal must use traps that meet international humaneness standards.
Certain vessels must use an acoustic deterrent device, known as a 'pinger', to reduce the level of dolphin and porpoise (cetacean) by-catch.
Get a general licence to temporarily possess and transport dead bats for testing as part of the passive surveillance for bat rabies project.
Find out when and how to appeal if Natural England refuses you consent to carry out an activity on a site of special scientific interest.
Use this general licence to capture and temporarily possess live bats to test for European bat lyssavirus and kill those with the virus.
Apply for a licence to take and mark badgers to enable vaccination to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) in cattle.
Use Natural England’s advice packages to find out if your activity, proposal or area has a potential impact on MPAs and the species and habitats within them.
Get conservation advice on the impact of activity on a marine site and find out the status of advice using the interactive map.
Find the alternative feature, sub feature or supporting habitat name used in the marine site maps and the corresponding conservation advice package.
From 6 June 2022, it will be illegal to deal in items made of or containing ivory unless they meet 5 specific exemption criteria.
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