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Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
Enhancing biodiversity, providing a recreation space for the local community and sequestering carbon.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
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.
How you can protect your farming or forestry business from fraud and know what to do if you experience or suspect fraud.
A closed grant that helped increase and facilitate the use of home-grown English wood and wood fibre in construction.
A closed grant for creating native woodland or restoring plantations on ancient woodland sites near to the HS2 route.
Find out how to apply for authorisation to fell, stack, transport or process spruce trees within the Ips typographus demarcated area (DMA).
Supplementary guidance on how to produce adequate photographic evidence for specific claims administered by the Forestry Commission.
This guidance helps Christmas tree growers understand the forestry regulations that apply to Christmas trees.
Find out how to sustainably manage forests and woodlands to protect and enhance the water environment.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
An guide produced by Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England to provide a decision framework for landowners on where to establish trees and where to restore peat.
Find out the minimum standards for a deer and mammal risk assessment for woodland creation and how to carry out the survey.
Find out how to assess whether your site might be suitable for woodland creation by carrying out species and vegetation surveys.
Find a company authorised for handling wood and material affected by Ips typographus or Phytophthora pluvialis.
Find out what a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) agri-environment mirror agreement is, including 5 in 10 agreements, and when you would get one.
This guidance sets out the need to contact historic environment organisations during the development of forestry projects and provides template emails that proposers can use.
Forestry Commission guidance on design techniques, processes and how to document forest management plans.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
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