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Annual report of the key performance indicators for the Forestry Commission, including both Forest Services and Forestry England.
Find information and support on woodland creation in England, including funding to create woodland, legal requirements and best practice for sustainability.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
Plant health controls, imports and exports, certification schemes, plant passporting and listed quarantine plant pests.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) from the EU.
Read inspiring case studies of successful tree planting and woodland creation projects from across England.
We are looking for novel proposals to create at least 100ha of new woodland to be planted by 31 March 2025.
Read about opportunities to plant trees and create woodland on your land.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
How to apply for authorisation to import, move or keep specified material and the fees you must pay.
How growers and traders can get authorised as a professional operator to issue plant passports, when you need to be authorised and plants that need passports.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Get authorisation to use Northern Ireland plant health labels (NIPHL) and see the list of regulated plants for planting.
Find out how land managers can look after newly planted trees in areas where there’s been restocking due to pests and disease.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
The Tribunal makes decisions about national listing of new varieties of plants, UK plant variety rights and certain forestry matters. PVST is a tribunal of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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