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Find out how to assess whether your site might be suitable for woodland creation by carrying out species and vegetation surveys.
Supplementary guidance on undertaking stakeholder engagement before you submit your woodland management plans (WMP).
You must read and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document to apply for the England Woodland Creation Offer.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
A brief overview of the grants, incentives and other support that are available for woodland creation as part of the England Woodland Creation Partnerships.
Read the Forestry Commission's guides on how best to manage dog walkers on your woodland. This includes managing dog fouling and protecting wildlife from dogs.
Supplementary guidance on the treatment of larch species when processing felling applications through the Forestry Commission.
Natural colonisation is the process by which trees colonise new ground from existing local sources. This can happen through seed which has been dispersed by birds, mammals, wind or gravity, or by vegetative colonisation wher…
Information on Forestry Commission datasets and how to access them.
A closed grant for creating native woodland or restoring plantations on ancient woodland sites near to the HS2 route.
How to plan for and manage the risks associated with oak processionary moth (OPM) on oak trees on your land.
Learn how to protect trees from: roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), red deer (Cervus elaphus), sika deer (Cervus nippon), fallow deer (Dama dama), Reeve’s muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis).…
Forestry Commission guidance on design techniques, processes and how to document forest management plans.
This guidance has been jointly produced by Defra, Forestry Commission and Natural England to help ensure that proposals for afforestation identify and avoid important breeding wader sites.
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…
Learn about the management options to protect trees against mammal damage, including: enhancing natural predation, fencing, tree guards, immunocontraceptives, lethal control and non-lethal control.
How you can protect your farming or forestry business from fraud and know what to do if you experience or suspect fraud.
Find out how to apply for authorisation to fell, stack, transport or process spruce trees within the Ips typographus demarcated area (DMA).
Steps farmers and land managers must take before applying for Countryside Stewardship on common land and shared grazing.
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.
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