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Find out how continuous cover forestry benefits your woodland.
The approach that will be taken by UK government in the 2025 forest certification scheme review.
If you received an Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF) grant between 2019 to 2024, find out how to manage your existing UTCF agreement.
Hear from Max and Guy Irving who have planted a new 22 hectare woodland to grow their family business.
Find out how this small business is increasing its financial return through the sale of carbon units.
Learn about the different ways you can manage your woodland, the steps to create a woodland management plan, and the support and funding available.
Find out how to apply for consent for change of use to convert woodland to open habitat.
Find out what you can do to prevent or help minimise the introduction, establishment, spread and impacts of tree pests and diseases in the UK.
Legislation title: Guidance on the application of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) for phytosanitary treatment of oak processionary moth (OPM).
Supplementary guidance for if you're claiming annual payments as compensation for taking land out of agricultural production to create new woodland instead.
Find out how to implement good biosecurity to protect trees and woodland
A Tree Production Capital Grant (TPCG) Case Study: mechanising the preparation, sowing, weeding and lifting of seed beds.
A collection of Forestry Commission blogs on careers in forestry.
Upscaling tree production through mechanisation to meet customer demand. A Tree Production Capital Grant case study.
Diversification for long-term returns.
Read the case studies of various career paths within the Forestry Commission.
Read the case studies of various career paths within the forestry sector.
Guidance to help ensure cultivation for afforestation meets the minumum requirements of UKFS and ensures storage, sequestration and capture of CO2 is adequately addressed.
Woodland manager, Helen, reflects on a successful tree planting project which turned a former maize field into a thriving woodland habitat.
Read this guidance if your Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) contains ash trees.
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