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Find out about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), including how to report sightings.
Find out how to identify and manage ash dieback if you own or manage ash trees. This includes private tree owners, woodland owners, farmers and local authorities.
Find out how to apply for the Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) to support your development of a proposal to create woodland.
The Seed Sourcing Grant (SSG) provides support for activities that enhance the quality, quantity and diversity of tree seed sources in England.
Find out what’s involved in woodland creation and how long the process takes, from scoping your landscape to planting your first tree.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
To help protect Britain's trees and woodland, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission is required to fell most trees.
This document contains guidance on how to use the Forestry Commission map browser and Land Information Search.
This leaflet has been produced to assist in the identification of injurious weeds as prescribed in the Weeds Act 1959.
Find out what grants are available under the tree health pilot (THP) scheme, if you’re eligible and how to apply.
Use this guide and templates to determine works within Woodland Supplement WS1 for the control and management of deer.
How to identify common constraints and designations in your forestry project’s proposal area and what action to take in relation to individual constraints.
Find out about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.
Find out how the Woodland Creation Fast Track supports quicker decisions for woodland creation proposals in low sensitivity areas.
How to plan for and manage the risks associated with oak processionary moth (OPM) on oak trees on your land.
Get information to help you plan, fund, plant and manage woodland in England, including resources on site preparation and tree protection to long-term management.
Find information on sustainable woodland management in England, including funding to maintain your woodland, and regulations you need to follow.
An introduction to agroforestry including the benefits and definitions.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
Find out when and how to report a notifiable tree pest or disease in the UK, and information on services such as Tree Alert, TreeCheck and Observatree.
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