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  • What you must do to bring your pet to the UK from Ukraine if you are seeking refuge.

  • Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.

  • How to get a licence to sell animals as pets, and the conditions you'll need to meet.

  • Register for a licence to kill deer at night by shooting during the open season.

  • The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.

  • Find out what to do and how much it costs to register a biodiversity gain site.

  • Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.

  • North West and Border Esk byelaws are statutory rules (regulated by law) and regulations explaining who can fish, where, when and what fish you can take.

  • Information for pest controllers about the rules for using glue traps to catch rodents and how to apply for a licence.

  • How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.

  • How developers can create and enhance habitat off-site or buy biodiversity units to achieve biodiversity net gain (BNG).

  • Information about sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), including how to report sightings.

  • Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.

  • How to use the calculators to work out a nutrient budget for residential developments in nutrient neutrality catchments.

  • What you need to do to export live animals from the UK.

  • Powers that police, councils and other authorities can use to control or improve the behaviour of dogs.

  • Request initial informal advice or paid advice from Natural England about consent for activities on your SSSI land.

  • Midlands rod fishing byelaws are statutory (regulated by law) rules and regulations explaining who can fish, and where, when and what fish you can take.

  • Reduce the risk of disease and find out where listed diseases have been confirmed in England and Wales

  • How to import or move fish for human consumption to the UK.