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This note sets out advice on how to plan and carry out forest operations in woodlands to minimise the possible impacts on red squirrels.
A closed grant for creating native woodland or restoring plantations on ancient woodland sites near to the HS2 route.
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.
Find out what’s involved in woodland creation and how long the process takes, from scoping your landscape to planting your first tree.
Guidance to help ensure cultivation for afforestation meets the minumum requirements of UKFS and ensures storage, sequestration and capture of CO2 is adequately addressed.
Find out how to assess whether your site might be suitable for woodland creation by carrying out species and vegetation surveys.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as provide benefits to woodland owners and society.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
This guidance sets out the need to contact historic environment organisations during the development of forestry projects and provides template emails that proposers can use.
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 guidance has been jointly produced by Defra, Forestry Commission and Natural England to help ensure that proposals for afforestation identify and avoid important breeding wader sites.
Read the Forestry Commission's guides on how best to manage dog walkers on your woodland. This includes managing dog fouling and protecting wildlife from dogs.
How to use the optional Countryside Stewardship monitoring report and photographic monitoring report templates.
How to get Natural England’s consent for works on or near a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) when you apply for a felling licence or woodland grant agreement.
Find out how to sustainably manage forests and woodlands to protect and enhance the water environment.
Information on Forestry Commission datasets and how to access them.
Find out how land managers can look after newly planted trees in areas where there’s been restocking due to pests and disease.
Find out the minimum standards for a deer and mammal risk assessment for woodland creation and how to carry out the survey.
Find out how sustainably managed woodlands can deliver benefits to the environment, people and the economy.
Read about the family farm financial case study, to help understand woodland creation financials on a 10 hectare site.
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