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Licence to train volunteer bat roost visitors and survey bats for conservation.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 2019.
Products and chemicals you can use in or near a bat roost if bats are not present.
Register for a licence to survey bats using mist nets and acoustic lures for research, conservation or development projects.
Register to use a licence to maintain drainage ditches inhabited by little whirlpool ramshorn snails and find out how to report your actions.
Register for a licence to temporarily mark hazel dormice to survey for research, conservation or development projects.
Guidance on beaver and land management actions that do not need a beaver management licence.
Get a general licence to kill or take ruddy ducks, or damage or destroy their nests and eggs.
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.
Guidance on reducing the risks of getting salmonella infections from reptiles.
Infographic illustrating the top GB ports and associated top international trading supply regions, where non-compliant wood-based material has been intercepted.
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.
A list of commodity codes that fall under the ban on dealing in ivory.
How to create a blanket bog restoration plan and what you need to include.
How your personal information is used when you submit a gamebird licence application.
How Defra will use your personal information when you submit a nomination for a Bees' Needs champion award.
Information for landowners about how Natural England investigates reports of death or injury to wildlife or pets where pesticides may be involved.
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