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Read about the wide-reaching benefits that tree planting and woodland creation could bring to your farm.
Read about the UK Forestry Standard's 7 elements of sustainable forest management, and how you can apply them when creating new woodland.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2020.
Read this woodland creation case study on how woodlands can support a local authority with their net zero plans.
Find out how to take action early to protect your woodland and spruce trees against infestation of the Ips typographus bark beetle in the demarcated area (DMA).
Information on how your personal data relating to financial transactions may be used in counter-fraud and error data matching exercises.
The Extraordinary Payment for Restocking in Exceptional Circumstances provides funding to help replace trees planted in 2024/25 that have been affected by hot and dry weather.
If you've ordered a paper map from the Forestry Commission, find out how the map can be used and marked for submission with an application to the Forestry Commission.
Read about the family farm financial case study, to help understand woodland creation financials on a 10 hectare site.
Find outline guidance on how the implications of deforestation on greenhouse gas balance should be addressed in Environmental Statements.
Overview of successful Woods into Management (WiM) Forestry Innovation Fund projects.
Invitation to Quote documentation for the Forestry Learning Mechanism scoping study.
This note explains the rules for regulated firewood entering Great Britain.
The eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is a serious pest of spruce. There are exemptions and restrictions for planting spruce in the demarcated area.
Common Farm Woods is a new woodland planted under the Countryside Stewardship scheme in a partnership between the Forestry Commission, Swindon Borough Council and the local community.
Learn more about protecting trees from domestic cattle (Bos taurus), domestic and feral sheep (Ovis aries), domestic and feral goats (Capra hircus) and European bison (Bison bonasus).
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