The Forestry Commissions’ Tree Production Innovation Funds and the Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds have reopened for applications from farmers, landowners, and land managers.
This year, almost £4 million will be allocated to successful applicants across both funds, which together boost nature regeneration efforts, promote biodiversity, and support innovative approaches to tree production, tree health, and woodland resilience through increased and improved active management of woodlands, amidst a changing climate.
Tree Production Innovation Funds
As tree planting increases, the Tree Production Innovation Funds will support the deployment of new technologies and ways of working which will provide a diverse supply of healthy young trees. This will support Government ambitions to treble tree planting rates by the end of this Parliament and plant 30,000 hectares of trees across the UK per year by 2025.
Find out more at: Tree Production Innovation Fund – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds
The Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds aims to bring an additional 20,000 hectares of existing woodland into active management. This could help boost biodiversity and protect trees against pests and diseases.
The fund will also support projects which develop new technologies and working practices to help homegrown timber production meet domestic and international demand.
This will help to bolster timber security and grow the United Kingdom’s forestry and primary wood processing sectors, which support 30,000 jobs and contribute over £2 billion to our economy every year.
Find out more at: Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds application form 2023 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The closing date for the Tree Production Innovation Fund is 9th May 2023, while the closing date for the Woods into Management Forestry Innovation Funds is 15th May 2023.
