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To help protect Britain's trees and woodland, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission is required to fell most trees.
Find information and support on woodland creation in England, including funding to create woodland, legal requirements and best practice for sustainability.
Find out what grants are available under the tree health pilot (THP) scheme, if you’re eligible and how to apply.
Find out about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), including how to report sightings.
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.
Information on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for forestry projects in England. Guidance on whether you need to submit an EIA application form to the Forestry Commission.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
How to identify common constraints and designations in your forestry project’s proposal area and what action to take in relation to individual constraints.
This operations note is to be used to determine the appropriate works within woodland supplement 3: squirrel control and management.
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.
An introduction to agroforestry including the benefits and definitions.
Find out how to identify, protect and manage ridge and furrow earthworks in forestry projects.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
This document contains guidance on how to use the Forestry Commission map browser and Land Information Search.
This guide supports anyone who wants to plan, design and create new woodland in England.
A detailed user 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 about a specific tree pest or disease, including its lifecycle, the type of damage it does, and what to do about it.
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.
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