London Urban Forest Resource Hub: publication library

This guide supports anyone who wants to plan, design and create new woodland in England.

A step-by-step guide for Local Authorities and their stakeholders to develop and deliver a local tree strategy and harness the long-term benefits that trees can bring to local communities. It provides practical guidance, insightful case studies from ten Local Authorities around the country and an array of other useful resources.

This Practice Guide sets out good practice for building wildfire resilience into forest
management planning. The guidance aims to help reduce the likelihood and severity of
wildfires in forests and woodlands in the UK and promote appropriate fire prevention regimes.

Guidance on what's involved in creating a plan, giving you a structured way to organise the management of woodland.

An aid for setting, maintaining and improving quality standards across all green infrastructure. It is not designed to replace management plans or manufacturer’s instructions but to help green space managers define their maintenance quality objectives and effectively monitor achievement against those objectives.

Information and best practice on how to maximise good tree health through biosecurity.

Guidance about priority habitats and species, the value of ancient and native woodland and when it's appropriate to remove trees to restore open habitats.

This report outlines the findings of the London Tree and Woodland Skills Survey, which were gathered in early 2023. The report reveals the types of skills that employees in the arboriculture sector feel are important now and in the future, the confidence in being able to deliver an increasing workload, and challenges specific to recruitment. Respondents also gave their views on initiatives that they thought would help overcome the challenges and barriers faced by the industry in Greater London.

This research report highlights key threats pests, diseases and climate change pose to the London urban forest. It also provides a set of principles, good practices and recommended actions to support future management.

This guide summarises the threats to woodlands from issues such as: browsing by deer; damage from grey squirrels; and invasion by non-native species, including plants.