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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 what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
This document contains guidance on how to use the Forestry Commission map browser and Land Information Search.
A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.
Information on oak processionary moth (OPM) for those who own or manage oak trees, including private tree and woodland owners as well as local authorities.
To help protect Britain's trees and woodland, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission is required to fell most trees.
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 kill trees on site using chemical treatments to prevent the spread of pests and diseases.
Use this guide and the templates to determine works within woodland supplement 1 for the control and management of deer.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Find information on sustainable woodland management in England, including funding to maintain your woodland, and regulations you need to follow.
A detailed guide and a quick guide for using Felling Licence Online.
How to export certain types of regulated wood, wood products and bark from Great Britain to the world.
Find out how to review and comment on felling licence applications for tree felling projects in your area.
An introduction to agroforestry including the benefits and definitions.
Find out what’s involved in woodland creation and how long the process takes, from scoping your landscape to planting your first tree.
Find information about the scheme, how companies can use woodland carbon units and how landowners can take part.
This guide supports anyone who wants to plan, design and create new woodland in England.
Resources on where to find opportunities for working in forestry.
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