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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.
This leaflet has been produced to assist in the identification of injurious weeds as prescribed in the Weeds Act 1959.
Find out when you need a felling licence to fell trees, and what we do if trees are felled without a licence. This can apply to your land, or land you manage.
Find information and support on woodland creation in England, including funding to create woodland, legal requirements and best practice for sustainability.
Find out about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), including how to report sightings.
Find out what grants are available under the tree health pilot (THP) scheme, if you’re eligible and how to apply.
How to respond to extreme weather events affecting your woodland and the steps you can take to improve its resilience against future risks.
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 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.
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.
Information about sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), including how to report sightings.
A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.
Find information on sustainable woodland management in England, including funding to maintain your woodland, and regulations you need to follow.
Use this guide and the templates to determine works within woodland supplement 1 for the control and management of deer.
To help protect Britain's trees and woodland, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission is required to fell most trees.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Register so you can import or export regulated timber, wood products and bark, apply for export phytosanitary certificates, issue plant passports or apply ISPM15 marking.
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 about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
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