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Guidance: Responding to the climate emergency with new trees and woodlands

Forestry Commission

January 22
10:44 2025

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Trees, woods and forests play a vital role in mitigating the effects of climate change. Placing woodland creation at the heart of any response will result in efficient and effective carbon capture, as well as a other benefits.

This guidance contains:

  • tips on creating and managing woodland
  • tips on reducing the use of non-renewable resources through wood and timber products
  • sources of further information on grant funding

Read further guidance onmanaging Englands woodlands in a climate emergency.

Updates to this page

Published 17 June 2020
Last updated 22 January 2025 +show all updates
  1. Added a link to managing Englands woodlands in a climate emergency.

  2. Leaflet updated

  3. First published.

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