• 8th European Vertebrate Pest Conference
• Advances in wood processing
• Build, burn or both? – looking to the future for British timber
• Climate change and the timber trade – understanding the opportunities and challenges
• Conifer diversification seminars 2011
• Energy forestry, growing in Scotland
• Fantastic Forests
• Fantastic Forests
• Forest health day - Argyll
• Forest health day - Dumfries & Galloway
• Forest health day - East of England
• Forest health day - Moray
• Forest health day - South-West of England
• Forest health days - South-East of England
• Growing trees for quality timber
• Into the woods: about the significance of woods and wilderness for youth work in Europe
• Northern forests leading the way to sustainability
• Northern Research Station Seminar Series 2010/11
• Phythopthora awareness seminar
• Research update (Autumn 2011)
• Research update (Spring 2011)
• SIRT research update workshop
• The impacts of nitrogen deposition on microbial communities in forest soils
• The Woodland Edge
• Trees, people and the built environment
• Well-being 2011: exploring the multi dimensions of well-being
• Wind and trees
• Phytophthora lateralis
• Phytophthora ramorum in Japanese larch
• Phytophthora ramorum in larch

28 October 2011

What was the event?

A single day seminar where Forest Research scientists provided an update on the latest information about tree insect pests and diseases, including acute oak decline, red band needle blight, oak processionary moth, pine weevil and Phytophthora ramorum.

The seminar involved a morning session indoors with presentations, followed by an afternoon session outside where we discussed biosecurity and symptoms of insect pests and diseases.

Programme:

Time	Topic	Speaker
10.00	Welcome and introduction	Steve Scott, Regional Director, Forestry Commission England
10.15	Update on chronic and acute oak decline	Dr Sandra Denman, Senior Research Scientist, Forest Research
10.55	Update on Red Band Needle Blight (esp.mitigation and thinning).	Dr Anna Brown, Programme Leader, Forest Research
11.35	Break	-
11.50	Update on insect pests, including oak processionary moth	Dr Nigel Straw, Senior Research Scientist
12.30	Hylobius and climate change	Dr Daegan Inward, Research Scientist, Forest Research
13.10	Lunch (packed lunches)	-
14.00	Update on Phytophthora ramorum	Dr Sandra Denman, Senior Research Scientist, Forest Research
14.40	Biosecurity practice and how to report problems and get advice (DDAS).	Dr Anna Brown, Programme Leader, Forest Research
15.10	Species and provenance selection to deliver resilience to pests, diseases and climate change.	Mark Broadmeadow, Forestry Commission England
15.40 – 15.50	Round-up and depart	Steve Scott, Regional Director, East of England

Seminar flyer ^(PDF-151K)

Continued Professional Development (CPD): Whilst it was up to each delegate to make an assessment in relation to their own personal development, it is reasonable for ICF Professional Members to allocate 5 hours CPD if they attended this event.

Who was the event suitable for?

Forestry and woodland managers and agents, forestry and woodland owners, and those working in forestry and woodlands.

Where did the event take place?

The Santon Downham Centre,
Santon Downham,
Brandon,
Suffolk IP27 0TG

Contact

For further information please contact the Forestry Commission by telephone
01842 816 010 or email enquiries.eanglia@forestry.gsi.gov.uk