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Read about the UK Forestry Standard's 7 elements of sustainable forest management, and how you can apply them when creating new woodland.
Guidance on the Forestry Commission’s interpretation of trees and woodland for the purposes of felling licences and forestry environmental impact assessments.
A guide on restocking your woodlands, after removing spruce trees within the proactive spruce removal area in the south-east of England (in the Ips typographus Demarcation Area).
Enhancing biodiversity, providing a recreation space for the local community and sequestering carbon.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
Practical advice for those with a responsibility for management of ash in woodlands.
Supplementary guidance for land managers who are responsible for individual and small groups of ash trees that are likely to be infected by ash dieback.
Read this woodland creation case study on how woodlands can support a local authority with their net zero plans.
Find information and support on how to comply with the biosecure procurement requirement for suppliers of plants and trees.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Find out how you can protect and manage trees and woodlands in urban areas.
A closed grant that helped increase and facilitate the use of home-grown English wood and wood fibre in construction.
Find out how to implement good biosecurity to protect trees and woodland
How the Forestry Commission will apply the 2024 rate uplifts to England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) applications and agreements.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell trees where a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) has been made.
Planting 12,000 Trees For Future Generations
The toolkit provides step-by-step guidance for local authorities to develop an effective trees and woodland strategy to realise the multiple benefits trees can deliver to their communities.
The benefits of woodland creation on farmland.
Morrisons employs tree advisors to support farmers to plant trees to improve sustainability, soil health and farm productivity.
Supplementary guidance on the treatment of larch species when processing felling applications through the Forestry Commission.
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