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Find out how the Forestry Commission supports you if you operate in woodland designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Advice in the new UK Forestry Standard Practice Guide includes how woodland creation and management can reduce flood risk.
Find out how land managers can look after newly planted trees in areas where there’s been restocking due to pests and disease.
Planting 12,000 Trees For Future Generations
Read the Forestry Commission's statement on planting resilient trees in response to the climate emergency and get practical advice for landowners.
Almost 680,000 trees will be planted in towns, cities and rural areas to increase access to nature and boost health and wellbeing.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Use this form to get permission to take soil samples on a scheduled monument for a Countryside Stewardship application or agreement.
Notification form for importing firewood (solid fuel wood) into England and Scotland.
Read this guidance if your Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) contains ash trees.
Millions of trees are set to be planted nationwide, thanks to £44.2 million in funding for Community Forests and woodland creation partners.
Tighter measures on the import of oak trees come into force in England to protect the country against oak processionary moth
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
This strategy sets out our existing knowledge of pests and disease threats to ash trees and their management. It also identifies research needs for the future.
Seeking views on plans to introduce new measures for felling street trees and strengthening the Forestry Commission’s power to deal with illegal tree felling.
New project to plant extensive woodlands along England’s riverbanks launched to improve water quality, manage flood risk and boost biodiversity.
Use this form to identify maintenance work and show work undertaken on traditional farm buildings as part of a Countryside Stewardship agreement.
Use this assessment form for Countryside Stewardship applications or agreements that include HS1 or HS8 options.
A woodland haven for people and wildlife.
Find out the rules on compatibility of EWCO payments and whether land managers can access other sources of ecosystem services payments alongside EWCO payments.
Natural colonisation is the process by which trees colonise new ground from existing local sources. This can happen through seed which has been dispersed by birds, mammals, wind or gravity, or by vegetative colonisation wher…
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