How to benefit species and habitats biodiversity in your woodland
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Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Find out about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Support priority habitats and priority species
- Conserve ancient and native woodland
- Good practice
- Find out if your woodland is good for wildlife
- The rules about forest operations and land use change
- Creating new forests and woodlands
- Where to establish tree and where to restore peat
- Contact us
- Find out more about Forest Research
Source and licence
Forestry Commission
AttributionForestry Commission, ‘How to benefit species and habitats biodiversity in your woodland’ (updated 13 November 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026