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Read the rules on compatibility of England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) payments and whether land managers can access other sources of ecosystem services payments alongside EWCO payments.
Find insight and advice about timber production from other organisations.
If you received an Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF) grant between 2019 to 2024, find out how to manage your existing UTCF agreement.
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 out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
Legislation title: Guidance on the application of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) for phytosanitary treatment of oak processionary moth (OPM).
Find out how to manage and protect trees from domestic and feral horses and ponies (Equus ferus caballus).
Supplementary guidance for if you're claiming annual payments as compensation for taking land out of agricultural production to create new woodland instead.
Read about the UK Forestry Standard's 7 elements of sustainable forest management, and how you can apply them when creating new woodland.
Learn how Cabilla Manor Farm used woodland creation to build a resilient business model.
Transforming underused land into profitable woodland.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2016.
A brief overview of England's Community Forests including the support they can offer for tree planting and woodland creation.
Supplementary guidance on how Forestry Commission England handles EWGS business during the transition from EWGS (2007-13) to the CS programme (2014-20).
This operations note provides guidance on how HS2 Ltd and landowners can manage woodland affected by HS2 rail routes.
Woodland manager, Helen, reflects on a successful tree planting project which turned a former maize field into a thriving woodland habitat.
Infographic illustrating the top GB ports and associated top international trading supply regions, where non-compliant wood-based material has been intercepted.
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.
Read this guidance if your Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) contains ash trees.
Guide to help traders of large oak trees meet the management policy changes that came into force on 24 May 2023.
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