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Forestry Commission

February 2026

New routes into forestry careers as apprenticeship schemes open

November 2025

First graduates complete groundbreaking forestry apprenticeship

October 2025

New grant helps woodland owners stay ahead of the eight-toothed spruce bark…

September 2025

War against tree beetle sees eradications around England

June 2025

Vigilance urged as warm and dry spring increases tree pest risk

May 2025

Warning on oak processionary moth issued ahead of hatching season

April 2025

Key forestry grants re-opened to support tree-planting ambitions

Appointments made to the Forestry Commission Board

February 2025

Trailblazing apprenticeship programme for forestry sector reopens

November 2024

Landowner forced to replant after Forestry Commission prosecution

October 2024

New restrictions to limit impact of Ips typographus tree pest

July 2024

New warning as Ips typographus tree pest found on new species

June 2024

New action to protect against impacts of bark beetle tree pest

April 2024

£20m available in eighth Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction

December 2023

Grants for domestic tree production re-open

Trailblazing forestry sector apprenticeship programme re-opens

November 2023

Boost for our nation’s treescapes

Improved funding for land managers and farmers to grow more trees

July 2023

Oak Processionary Moth identified in Derbyshire

June 2023

Forestry Commissioners reappointed

£3.25 million for the revival of woodlands along the HS2 route

May 2023

New legislation to protect against Oak Processionary Moth impacts

March 2023

Forestry Commission takes action to manage oak tree pest

February 2023

Seventh Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction dates announced

Ground-breaking apprenticeship programme for the forestry sector reopens

December 2022

New powers to crack down on illegal tree felling

Forestry Commission Chief Executive calls for a new mindset in our approach…

November 2022

Forestry Commission Chair calls for change in approach to tree planting as …

October 2022

First ever UK woodland natural flood management guide published

July 2022

Forestry Commission: operational update

June 2022

New fund opens to accelerate tree planting

May 2022

New guide for forest managers to help adapt woodlands for climate change

April 2022

Forestry Commission launches ground-breaking apprenticeship programme for t…

March 2022

£10 million to provide long-term income for woodland creation with fifth au…

Tree resilience efforts boosted as funds to improve forestry innovation reo…

January 2022

Forestry Commission strengthens support to manage oak tree pest

November 2021

Forestry Commission simplify felling licence applications to protect trees …

July 2021

Forestry Commission launches new Tree Production Innovation Fund

June 2021

Landmark £15 million woodland creation grant opens for applications

May 2021

Fourth Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction dates announced

Forestry Commission Chair welcomes new England Trees Action Plan to treble …

April 2021

Richard Stanford appointed as Forestry Commission Chief Executive

Public urged to report sightings of tree pest oak processionary moth caterp…

January 2021

Forestry Commission operational update: coronavirus

November 2020

134,000 trees to be planted through Urban Tree Challenge Fund

July 2020

John Lockhart to join the Forest Services Board

April 2020

Action against oak tree pest underway by Forestry Commission

March 2020

Second round of Urban Tree Challenge Fund opens today

February 2020

Reassurance to land managers to plant trees now

Thousands of trees to be planted in England's towns and cities

Sir William Worsley appointed as Forestry Commission Chair

August 2019

Movement authorisation and timber plant passporting in Kent

January 2019

Need to fell some trees? Branch out and try Felling Licence Online

September 2018

Celebrating 100 years of forestry at the UK’s biggest forestry show

March 2017

Countryside Stewardship opens for 2017

February 2016

Countryside Stewardship grants soon to open for applications

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