| Foresty Commission programme manager: | Sallie Bailey |
| Research contact and location: | Sarah Green, Steven Hendry, David Rose and Joan Webber Tree Health Division Forest Research |
Trees suffer from a wide array of damaging agents. These sometimes operate singly, sometimes in complex combinations. This is one of two programmes (the other being entomology avisory services) aimed at identifying the causes of tree problems and providing advice on them to the Forestry Commission and the forest industry. The teams of advisers occasionally encounter problems that are worthy of in-depth investigation and therefore generate separate ad hoc projects.
The work of advisors in this programme provides valuable information on the general health of trees in Britain and is a valuable monitoring function. In addition to advice and guidance given to individuals, outputs from the programme include advisory notes and leaflets. The programme also supports a number of seminars and “forest health days” each year.
Support for the statutory functions of the Forestry Commission with regard to non-indigenous pathogens is provided as part of this programme. The outputs involved are advice to the Forestry Commission, UK government and devolved administrations on forest diseases of quarantine significance.
Progress reports
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