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Legal Summary

Legal Links

• All web-pages of Defra’s Wildlife and Countryside Division can now be found at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/index.htm
• EU Birds and Habitats Directives: http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/ewd/ewd09.htm
• The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, Especially as Waterfowl Habitats (The Ramsar Convention) http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/ewd/ewd10.htm
• The Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/ewd/ewd11.htm
• CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/cites/index.htm
• CITES licensing and Bird Registration http://www.ukcites.gov.uk
• Bonn Convention on Migratory Species http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/exotic/cms.htm
• International Whaling Commission (IWC) http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/exotic/iwc.htm
• Wildlife crime http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/index.htm#4
• The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/zoo.htm
• The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/wildact.htm
• Countryside Law in England and Wales: http://www.naturenet.net/law/

Non-Legal Links

• UK Biodiversity Action Plan: http://www.ukbap.org.uk
• Global Wildlife Division - listing the work of the Division, including contact and e-mail enquiry information. http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/gwd/index.htm