by Edward Brown | Aug 20, 2025 | News, Trees and woodland
A new study has assessed the carbon sequestration cost of ash dieback and other tree diseases, concluding that it is larger than previously thought. For approximately two decades, ash dieback has caused an estimated 9 million tree deaths in the UK, with a further 100...
by Edward Brown | Jun 26, 2025 | News
New research indicates that natural selection is breeding tree resilience to ash dieback. In 2012, Ash dieback, caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, arrived in Britain, prompting a government COBRA meeting. Since then, the disease has spread across the UK,...
by Bethany Vann | Aug 15, 2023 | News, Trees and woodland
One of the “most devasting” tree diseases has been discovered at a nature reserve in West Sussex, prompting an immediate felling operation. The Forestry Commission and the Mid Sussex District Council identified ash dieback in several areas of the Eastern Road nature...