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How research led to policy change: Phytophthora pluvialis restrictions lifted

How research led to policy change: Phytophthora pluvialis restrictions lifted

Joan Webber is the Forest Research Principal Pathologist and works on invasive pathogens, including Phytophthora pluvialis. Collaborating with Forest Research and Forestry Commission colleagues, her research helps us understand the threat from the agents and how it can be managed.

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First on the scene – meet the people keeping our woodlands healthy

Posted by: Barnaby Wylder, Posted on: 29 July 2020 - Categories: Tree health
Barnaby Wylder inspects a sample

Barnaby Wylder, Tree Health Officer in the Plant Health Forestry Team, writes about the importance of his role to the protection of trees in the UK.

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Right tree, right place, right reason

Posted by: Mark Broadmeadow, Posted on: 17 July 2020 - Categories: Climate change and resilience, Woodland creation
Woodland around the outside of a clearing

Find out more about the UK Forestry Standard and why it plays such an important role in tree planting and sustainable forestry in England.

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Looking to the future of forestry

Posted by: Sir William Worsley, Posted on: 29 May 2020 - Categories: Climate change and resilience, Tree health, Woodland creation, Woodland management

Sir William Worsley, Chair of the Forestry Commission, looks at how our work has continued through the coronavirus outbreak and what the next steps are.

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Have your say about environmental change

Posted by: Dr Gabriel Hemery, Posted on: 27 May 2020 - Categories: Climate change and resilience, Woodland creation, Woodland management

Guest Author Dr Gabriel Hemery, CEO of the Sylva Foundation and co-ordinator of the British Woodland Survey, invites you to have your say this year.

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Tree felling – Do you know right from wrong?

Posted by: Ewan Calcott, Posted on: 18 May 2020 - Categories: Woodland management
Timber logs in a woodland

Felling trees without a licence, where one would have been required, is an offence. Find out why tree felling should happen and what you can do to help us if you think it is happening illegally.

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Bringing the UK’s biggest Arborists’ Trade Show online

Posted by: Stephen Hodsman, Posted on: 12 May 2020 - Categories: Events, Tree health
The logo for the virtual Arb show with an image of a leaf

Stephen Hodsman from the Aboricultural Association, writes a guest blog on the Virtual ARB show 2020 which takes place on Friday 15 May.

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Ash dieback, resilience and a new role in the Forestry Commission

Posted by: Rob Coventry, Posted on: 30 April 2020 - Categories: Climate change and resilience, Tree health
Three tree tops, one with a lot of green leaves, one with less and one with less again

Woodland Resilience Officer Rob Coventry on his role in the Forestry Commission and how it's necessary to deal with the threats of Ash Dieback.

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How the Forestry Commission is working with the sector through coronavirus

Posted by: Sir William Worsley, Posted on: 14 April 2020 - Categories: Our staff

As we work through the coronavirus pandemic Sir William Worsley, the Chair of the Forestry Commission, looks at the steps we are taking to support the sector.

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Protecting at the borders to stop the spread of tree pests and diseases

Posted by: Nick Mainprize, Posted on: 6 March 2020 - Categories: Biosecurity, Tree health
A man in a high vis jacket stands in front of a container full of wood products

Find out how we at the Forestry Commission, work with businesses and industry to reduce the threat to our trees, woods and forests from imported material.

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Give trees a helping hand

Posted by: Anisha Chandar, Posted on: 13 February 2020 - Categories: Tree health
Three of the plant health team stand in a line facing the camara in front of a helicopter

2020 marks the International Year of Plant Health. Over the next few months we will be showcasing the work of our Tree Health team, find out why in this blog post.

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