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Find out the benefits of planting trees, including funding and support available to create woodland in England.
Read the rules on whether land managers can access other sources of ecosystem services payments alongside England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) payments.
Resources on where to find opportunities for working in forestry.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as provide benefits to woodland owners and society.
Appeal against a grant decision, refusal of a felling licence, restocking and enforcement notices, or an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) enforcement notice.
This guidance explains how to consider the historic environment when developing and implementing forestry projects in England.
Climate change management guidance for landowners, foresters and farmers to strengthen woodland management and combat the effects of climate change.
This document ensures a consistent approach to planning and assessing proposals for deforestation, and the wildfire risk resulting from those proposals.
Find out how to create and submit accurate compartment maps and spatial data, such as shapefiles, for the Forestry Commission.
Find out how to improve permanent access and infrastructure at woodlands you manage.
When and how to appeal a forestry enforcement notice, what evidence to include, where to send your appeal and how your appeal is decided.
Find out how sustainably managed woodlands can deliver benefits to the environment, people and the economy.
Find out how to sustainably manage forests and woodlands to protect and enhance the water environment.
Enhancing biodiversity, providing a recreation space for the local community and sequestering carbon.
This guidance provides definitions for felling and restocking terms used by the Forestry Commission.
An guide produced by Forestry Commission, Forest Research and Natural England to provide a decision framework for landowners on where to establish trees and where to restore peat.
Find out how to restock trees on a site where they have been felled due to pests or disease.
Find out about the benefits that tree planting and woodland creation bring to water management and water quality.
Find out how to notify the Forestry Commission if you plan to invoke the force majeure clause in your Forestry Commission grant.
Find out about the many benefits that trees can bring to your land and the financial and expert support you can get from the Forestry Commission.
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