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Find insight and advice about timber production from other organisations.
Creating a larger, more connected woodland habitat.
A closed grant for managing and improving the ecological condition of woodland.
Hear from Max and Guy Irving who have planted a new 22 hectare woodland to grow their family business.
Read the case studies of various career paths within the forestry sector.
Find out how to notify the Forestry Commission if you plan to invoke the force majeure clause in your Forestry Commission grant.
You must read and agree to the terms and conditions set out in this document to apply for the tree health pilot scheme tree health advice package.
A closed grant that helped increase and facilitate the use of home-grown English wood and wood fibre in construction.
This note will help inform the use of Historic Environment (HE) capital items and multiannual options available on woodland parcels in Higher Tier applications 2022 onwards (Agreement start date January 2023).
Find out how to implement good biosecurity to protect trees and woodland
This Operations Note provides information about the steps Agreement Holders need to take where a Change in Management Control, including a Succession, will or is intended to take place.
Organisations can apply for a share of £150,000 (inc VAT) to develop innovative ways to reduce mortality of young forest trees in Scotland caused by Pine weevil damage.
If you're an existing Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF) grant holder, use these forms and guidance to submit a claim.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started before May 2018.
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.
Read this woodland creation case study on how woodlands can support a local authority with their net zero plans.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in April 2026.
Diversification for long-term returns.
Overview of successful Woods into Management (WiM) Forestry Innovation Fund projects.
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