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Tools and guides for measuring the biodiversity value of habitat for biodiversity net gain (BNG).
To ensure that your project is still compliant with guidance and that your…
Planning practice guidance on biodiversity net gain. Biodiversity net gain is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.
A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.
How to report dead wild birds.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
What you need to do to buy, sell or hire out items made of or containing ivory in the UK.
What you must do to avoid harming birds and when you’ll need a licence.
How to apply for a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) permit to move or trade endangered species.
List of priority habitats and species in England (‘Section 41 habitats and species’) for public bodies, landowners and funders to use for biodiversity conservation.
The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.
Get information about biodiversity gain sites and any off-site gains allocated to developments.
What you must do to avoid harming badgers and when you’ll need a licence.
What you must do to avoid harming great crested newts and when you’ll need a licence.
Find out which licence you might need to carry out work that affects wildlife and its habitat, how to apply and when you might need to pay.
Information for developers and local planning authorities explaining statutory biodiversity credits, and the process of buying them.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
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