Today, the media picked up on the importance of the scientific paper which I revealed yesterday, which calculates the economic cost of ash dieback in Britain to total £15 billion.Continue Reading
A research paper published today estimates that the cost of ash dieback in Britain will reach £15 billion. I was privileged to have supported lead author Louise Hill as an external supervisor, and to be a co-author of the paper. Continue Reading
There has been too much knee-jerk reactionary panic to the arrival of ash dieback Chalara fraxinea to Britain’s shores. Here is my proposed ten-point plan, in which some actions may surpise some.Continue Reading
In 2017, I took a photograph of a beautiful ash tree, which I titled ‘I Love Ash.’ I returned two years later and was saddened by its demise due to ash dieback.Continue Reading
As the spread of ash dieback across Britain becomes noticeable, there is a peak in interest about the consequences of ash dieback, with landowners and conservationists seeking good advice about what tree species is best to plant to help nature recover. Here’s a simply summary for landowners, based of peer-reviewed research.Continue Reading
The authors visit the ash tree chosen to feature as in The New Sylva. Working in the rain …Continue Reading
The authors are searching for the finest example of a common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) tree to feature in The New Sylva. We hope that our readers can help by submitting their favourite ash trees – one of which will be selected and appear in the book frontispiece. Following the outbreakContinue Reading
The outbreak of Chalara fraxinea rewrites the future of ash in Britain.Continue Reading
It is ten years since I started following the life of an ash coppice stool. A return visit finds the tree still alive but much of its regrowth dead from ash dieback.Continue Reading
Oak Processionary Moth or OPM has been discovered in Hampshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire. The Plant Health Service have announced an urgent review of import controls on large oak trees. Continue Reading
Despite what many people believe, there remain hundreds of mature elm trees across Britain. If you find one and would like to report it to researchers and conservationists, or are looking to see some yourself, check out this great online resource about healthy elms.Continue Reading
Given the massive media interest in the paper I co-authored which published last week in Current Biology — 280 news channels, magazines, and newspapers, and counting— it was easy to overlook that the journal selected one of my tree photographs for the cover of the issue.Continue Reading
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