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Find out how to review and comment on felling licence applications for tree felling projects in your area.
Find information about the scheme, how companies can use woodland carbon units and how landowners can take part.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
This guide supports anyone who wants to plan, design and create new woodland in England.
How to export certain types of regulated wood, wood products and bark from Great Britain to the world.
A detailed guide and a quick guide for using Felling Licence Online.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
This operations note is to be used to determine the appropriate works within Woodland Supplement WS3: 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 out how to complete a Woodland Condition Assessment (WCA) as part of a Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Agreement or as a standalone capital item.
This page gives a checklist of actions that applicants must complete before submitting a forestry Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) application.
How to market forest reproductive material (FRM) for forestry purposes, including regulations, registration, master certificates and licences.
Sign up to Forestry Commission newsletters for updates, news, information and guidance. Find out how to unsubscribe or update your subscriptions.
Information on training courses and guidance on choosing the right path for a career in forestry.
Decisions made through the planning system can have significant impacts on trees and woodland - find out when to consult the Forestry Commission.
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.
A closed scheme that helped accelerate woodland planting rates and develop the domestic market for woodland carbon for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Find forestry and tree nurseries in your local area and in Great Britain using the forestry nurseries directory and tree nurseries directory (agroforestry).
Find out how to take action early to protect your woodland and spruce trees against infestation of the Ips typographus bark beetle in the demarcated area (DMA).
A list of Forestry Commission grants and incentives available for woodland creation, maintenance, management and tree health.
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