Research, funding and policy news – 30 July 2014
Ash dieback in the UK: how will it affect the rest of the woodland ecosystem? Ash dieback in the UK is likely to lead to the extinction or decline of over 50 species which are reliant...
View ArticleResearch, funding and policy news – 5 November 2014
The key to survival The latest Forestry Commission assessment of the spread of ash dieback (caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, previously called Chalara fraxinea) shows a consolidation of...
View ArticleResearch, funding and policy news – 19 December 2014
The Future of Tree Health Ancient mainstays of our woodlands, hedgerows and parklands are at risk from a surge of pests and diseases – but a new research programme is bringing experts together from...
View ArticleResearch, funding and policy news – 11 February 2015
British woods in crisis as ash disease triples The number of British woods suffering from ash dieback has almost tripled in two years, new figures reveal, as ministers admit they have no solution to...
View ArticleAsh dieback research, funding and policy news – 6 May 2015
Chalara has spread to more than 1,000 sites, says Defra Ash dieback findings have passed the 1,000 site mark, just three years after Defra discovered it in a Buckinghamshire nursery. New app to allow...
View ArticleAsh dieback research, funding and policy news – 16 June 2015
Guide to forestry grants and funding available in Ireland The new Forestry Programme will involve a commitment of €482 million to the forestry sector. Under the programme the Afforestation Grant and...
View ArticleAsh dieback research, funding and policy news – 29 July 2015
Ash dieback: 100,000 trees destroyed in bid to combat disease One hundred thousand young ash trees have been destroyed in Northern Ireland in an attempt to combat a potentially devastating disease....
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