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Information on training courses and guidance on choosing the right path for a career in forestry.
Learn how good edge design can create woodlands that fit well into the landscape, benefit management and resilience, enrich biodiversity and provide inspiring places for people.
Find out how to identify mammal damage to trees, understand the impact and practical ways to protect our treescapes.
Appeal against a grant decision, refusal of a felling licence, restocking and enforcement notices, or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) enforcement notice.
If you need to include a map with an application to the Forestry Commission, we will create an OS MasterMap® free of charge for you.
Guidance and resources to help local authorities plan, protect and manage trees and woodland.
A closed grant that provided support for activities that enhance the quality, quantity and diversity of tree seed sources in England.
If you're an existing Local Authority Treescapes Fund (LATF) grant holder, use these forms and guidance to submit a claim. The LATF is closed for applications.
How to get Natural England’s consent for works on or near a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) when you apply for a felling licence or woodland grant agreement.
What you need to do to manage your England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) agreement, meet the requirements and claim payments.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
Find out how to assess whether your site might be suitable for woodland creation by carrying out species and vegetation surveys.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
Find out how to fell diseased trees to slow the spread of certain tree pests and diseases and to protect the wider treescape – what to do if you get a statutory plant health notice (SPHN) asking you to fell larch, sweet ches…
A closed grant that provided funding to develop innovative methods to overcome barriers to domestic tree production.
This document provides guidance on the most appropriate forms of tree protection for use in woodland creation scenarios.
Climate change management guidance for landowners, foresters and farmers to strengthen woodland management and combat the effects of climate change.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as provide benefits to woodland owners and society.
Access to forests and woodland improves physical and mental health. It creates a better understanding of nature, and why we need to protect and nurture it.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
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