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Find out about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), including how to report sightings.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Find out how to apply for funding to develop innovative methods to overcome barriers to domestic tree production.
Find out when you need a felling licence to fell trees, and what we do if trees are felled without a licence. This can apply to your land, or land you manage.
Find out how to apply for funding to improve, expand, automate or mechanise the production of trees and tree seed.
Information on training courses and guidance on choosing the right path for a career in forestry.
Find information and support on woodland creation in England, including funding to create woodland, legal requirements and best practice for sustainability.
Find out how to kill trees on site using chemical treatments to prevent the spread of pests and diseases.
Find out what grants are available under the tree health pilot (THP) scheme, if you’re eligible and how to apply.
How to plan for and manage the risks associated with oak processionary moth (OPM) on oak trees on your land.
How to identify common constraints and designations in your forestry project’s proposal area and what action to take in relation to individual constraints.
Information about sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), including how to report sightings.
A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.
How to export certain types of regulated wood, wood products and bark from Great Britain to the world.
How to respond to extreme weather events affecting your woodland and the steps you can take to improve its resilience against future risks.
Find out how to identify and manage ash dieback if you own or manage ash trees. This includes private tree owners, woodland owners, farmers and local authorities.
To help protect Britain's trees and woodland, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission is required to fell most trees.
Find out how to identify, protect and manage ridge and furrow earthworks in forestry projects.
A list of grants and incentives available for woodland creation, maintenance, management and tree health from the Forestry Commission.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
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