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Guidance for local authorities and landowning businesses to help achieve net zero emissions through woodland creation.
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 brief overview of the grants, incentives and other support that are available for woodland creation as part of the England Woodland Creation Partnerships.
Find out the minimum standards for a deer and mammal risk assessment for woodland creation and how to carry out the survey.
Learn how Cabilla Manor Farm used woodland creation to build a resilient business model.
Find out how to improve permanent access and infrastructure at woodlands you manage.
How to request alternative felling permissions and/or restocking conditions on an approved felling licence from the Forestry Commission.
The eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) is a serious pest of spruce. There are exemptions and restrictions for planting spruce in the demarcated area.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in March 2024.
Find out about the benefits that tree planting and woodland creation bring to water management and water quality.
Guidance on applying for a licence to fell trees where a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) has been made.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started before August 2019.
Overview of successful Woods into Management (WiM) Forestry Innovation Fund projects.
Find information and support on how to comply with the biosecure procurement requirement for suppliers of plants and trees.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A closed grant that helped increase and facilitate the use of home-grown English wood and wood fibre in construction.
Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Read the rules on compatibility of England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) payments and whether land managers can access other sources of ecosystem services payments alongside EWCO payments.
Guidance on restocking for owners and managers of woodland containing ash. An overview of considerations and signposts to appropriate sources of information.
Find out how to notify the Forestry Commission if you plan to invoke the force majeure clause in your Forestry Commission grant.
A guide on restocking your woodlands, after removing spruce trees within the proactive spruce removal area in the south-east of England (in the Ips typographus Demarcation Area).
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