eAlert: 27 April 2020 - How the Forestry Commission is supporting the forestry sector during the coronavirus outbreak

Contents

• How the Forestry Commission is working with the sector through coronavirus
• Forestry Commission staff are making site visits for priority regulatory work
• Extension to the Annual Claim deadline for Countryside Stewardship (CS), Environmental Stewardship (ES) and Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)
• Coronavirus information from the Rural Payments Agency
• Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier deadline remains unchanged as 1 May 2020
• Apply for your Felling Licences online
• Don’t get penalised for breach of cross compliance regulations
• The next HS2 Woodland Fund deadline is next Friday
• £10m to boost tree planting in second auction of Woodland Carbon Guarantee
• Environmental Land Management (ELM) Policy Discussion Document paused until further notice
• Let us know how we are doing