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Find out about the Woods into Management – Timber in Construction Innovation Fund and how you can compete for funding to help increase and facilitate the use of home-grown English wood and wood fibre in construction.
A guide to Forestry Commission grants and incentives available for woodland creation, maintenance, management and tree health.
Information about Phytophthora pluvialis, including how to report sightings.
How Haringey Council, London used funding from the Tree Health Pilot for proactive management of the invasive pest oak processionary moth (OPM).
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
This guide gives an overview of plant health legislation for forestry in England for Forestry Commission staff and contract inspectors working in the sector.
A guide on the different roles involved in working in the forestry industry.
Read the agreement holder’s guide for agreements starting on or after 5 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
This guidance provides definitions for felling and restocking terms used by the Forestry Commission.
Guide to help traders of large oak trees meet the management policy changes that came into force on 24 May 2023.
Find out about funding to create native woodland or restore plantations on ancient woodland sites near to the HS2 route.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
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.
Good practice guidance on woodland management and planning, including species conservation, for owners of ancient and native woodland.
Find out the benefits of planting trees, including funding and support available to create woodland in England.
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.
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.
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