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Hear more about the Nature for Climate Fund, get useful information to help with your Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier application. Find out when Felling Licence is unavailable.

Find out about the Local Authority Treescapes Fund and how to apply for funding to increase tree planting and natural regeneration in local communities in England.

£2.7 million available for local authorities to increase tree planting and natural regeneration in locations outside woodlands.

Find out about the Local Authority Treescapes Fund and how to apply for funding to increase tree planting and natural regeneration in local communities in England.

Use this guide to apply for a licence to fell growing trees using our Felling Licence Online service

Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021

Scheme rules for holders of agreements that started on 1 January 2021

To help protect Britain's trees and woodland, a felling licence from the Forestry Commission is required to fell most trees.

Offers to help farmers and land managers protect wildlife and preserve the natural environment: find out about funding and their benefits.

Capital grant for farmers and land managers to produce a woodland management plan: find out about eligibility, the rules for the scheme and how to apply.

Read the manual and guidance to help you apply for a Higher Tier agreement starting on 1 January 2022

Read the manual and guidance to help you apply for a Mid Tier multi-year (including Water Capital item) and Wildlife Offers agreement starting on 1 January 2022

Offers to help farmers and land managers protect wildlife and preserve the natural environment: find out about funding and their benefits.

Supplementary guidance answering typical queries from applicants and agreement holders regarding the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in relation to woodland schemes.

Sign up to the plant health newsletter – to receive up-to-date forestry trade news.

A grant made up of a capital element under which you can apply for support to create a woodland, followed by a maintenance element to maintain it: find out about payment rates and the rules for the scheme.

Capital grant for farmers and land managers to produce a woodland management plan: find out about eligibility, the rules for the scheme and how to apply.

Capital grant for farmers and land managers to restock or improve woodland after tree health problems: find out about eligibility, the rules of the scheme and how to apply.

Guidance to help ensure cultivation for afforestation meets the minumum requirements of UKFS and ensures storage, sequestration and capture of CO2 is adequately addressed.

Guidance to help ensure cultivation for afforestation meets the minumum requirements of UKFS and ensures storage, sequestration and capture of CO2 is adequately addressed.

Sign up to the forest reproductive material (FRM) newsletter – for trade news, including information about any legislation or regulatory changes.

Quarterly report on the Forestry Commission's 6 headline key performance indicators (KPIs), including both Forest Services and Forestry England.

Manual for all Higher Tier agreements starting on 1 January 2022

Manual for all Mid Tier multi-year (including Water Capital item) agreements and Wildlife Offers agreements starting on 1 January 2022

Read about the updated Countryside Stewardship Woodland Creation and Maintenance grant, find out why Felling Licences are changing and a reminder about volumes in your thinning licence.

Find out about changes to important Countryside Stewardship dates, the updated CS Woodland Creation and Maintenance grant and find a link to our customer survey.

Read about priority open habitats, the launch of the UK Land Carbon Registry and auction results from the third Woodland Carbon Guarantee.

A brief overview of the grants and other incentives available for woodland creation, maintenance, management and tree health. Helping you decide which you might need to look at in more detail.