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Climate change management guidance for landowners, foresters and farmers to strengthen woodland management and combat the effects of climate change.
How to request alternative felling permissions and/or restocking conditions on an approved felling licence from the Forestry Commission.
Supplementary guidance on undertaking stakeholder engagement before you submit your woodland management plans (WMP).
How woodland creation can help you generate income.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
A brief overview of the grants, incentives and other support that are available for woodland creation as part of the England Woodland Creation Partnerships.
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.
Find out about the many benefits that trees can bring to your land and the financial and expert support you can get from the Forestry Commission.
This note sets out advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.
How woodland creation can help biodiversity.
Find out what the lead facilitator and group applicants need to do for a group application in the tree health pilot (THP) scheme.
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…
Find a company authorised for handling wood and material affected by Ips typographus or Phytophthora pluvialis.
Find out about extraordinary payments for replanting trees and woodlands in exceptional circumstances after the hot and dry weather.
Find out what you can do to prevent or help minimise the introduction, establishment, spread and impacts of tree pests and diseases in the UK.
How to apply for a grant for habitat creation using blended public and private funding.
The 'climate matching tool' helps you consider which tree seeds to plant in light of the changing climate.
Find out how to apply for authorisation to fell, stack, transport or process spruce trees within the Ips typographus demarcated area (DMA).
Woodland manager, Helen, reflects on a successful tree planting project which turned a former maize field into a thriving woodland habitat.
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