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Woodlands may be eligible for certain tax reliefs and exemptions, depending on the type of woodland and its purpose.
Find out how to identify and manage ash dieback if you own or manage ash trees. This includes private tree owners, woodland owners, farmers and local authorities.
Find out what you can do to prevent tree pests and diseases from establishing and spreading.
Information on Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for forestry projects in England. Guidance on whether you need to submit an EIA application form to the Forestry Commission.
Apply for funding to create woodland under the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO).
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Find information and support on woodland creation in England, including funding to create woodland, legal requirements and best practice for sustainability.
Find out about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus), including how to report sightings.
Find out what grants are available under the tree health pilot (THP) scheme, if you’re eligible and how to apply.
This document contains guidance on how to use the Forestry Commission map browser and Land Information Search.
Find out how to import timber and wood material, including the documents, identity checks and plant health inspections required.
How to identify common constraints and designations in your forestry project’s proposal area and what action to take in relation to individual constraints.
A calendar of online and face-to-face Forestry Commission events, and details of shows and exhibitions we are attending.
An introduction to agroforestry including the benefits and definitions.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
How to export certain types of regulated wood, wood products and bark from Great Britain to the world.
Find out how to review and comment on felling licence applications for tree felling projects in your area.
A closed scheme that helped accelerate woodland planting rates and develop the domestic market for woodland carbon for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Register so you can import or export regulated timber, wood products and bark, apply for export phytosanitary certificates, issue plant passports or apply ISPM15 marking.
Find information on sustainable woodland management in England, including funding to maintain your woodland, and regulations you need to follow.
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