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Find information on sustainable woodland management in England, including funding to maintain your woodland, and regulations you need to follow.
An introduction to agroforestry including the benefits and definitions.
Find information about the scheme, how companies can use woodland carbon units and how landowners can take part.
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Find out about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.
This page gives a checklist of actions that applicants must complete before submitting a forestry Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) application.
Get information to help you plan, fund, plant and manage woodland in England, including resources on site preparation and tree protection to long-term management.
Register so you can import or export regulated timber, wood products and bark, apply for export phytosanitary certificates, issue plant passports or apply ISPM15 marking.
This document contains guidance on how to use the Forestry Commission map browser and Land Information Search.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
Use this guide and the templates to determine works within woodland supplement 1 for the control and management of deer.
This guide supports anyone who wants to plan, design and create new woodland in England.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Check which trees are eligible under the Environmental Land Management (ELM) agroforestry action.
A closed scheme that helped accelerate woodland planting rates and develop the domestic market for woodland carbon for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
This operations note is to be used to determine the appropriate works within woodland supplement 3: squirrel control and management.
Find out how to review and comment on felling licence applications for tree felling projects in your area.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
A detailed user guide and a quick guide for using Felling Licence Online.
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