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Action Oak Research Coordinator: How I Got Here
For Plant Health Week 2026, we're looking at scientists and introducing our newest colleague! Professor Melanie Smith, Research Coordinator, shares an early fascination with nature, who inspired her, and the journey through academia to her current 'discovery mode' in post at Action Oak.
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Plant Health Heroes: “We all need to be vigilant”
Eve Over, Lead advisor on forest regulations for Natural Resources Wales and Warden of the Royal Forestry Society's woods at Leighton speaks to us about the work being done to monitor and manage the threats of pests and diseases across Wales.
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Plant Health Week: Why Biosecurity Matters
According to Forest Research just one in twenty people fully understand the term biosecurity and thirty per cent have never heard of the word. To help get to grips with how plant health threats can impact us all, we dive into the national security impact, and how we can protect our trees and woodlands.
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Plant Health Week: Planting woods for the future
To mark Plant Health Week, we're highlighting five projects that are creating new woodlands that are resilient to the threats of climate change, pests and diseases.
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New QJF Featured Article: Help beat the Spruce Bark Beetle
Fred Toft, the Forestry Commission's Ips typographus Programme Lead explains how landowners, managers and the public can help prevent the spread of Ips Typographus.
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Forestry Commission update on sweet chestnut blight outbreak
A new Demarcated Area has been established in Devon following the first detection of airborne spores in Great Britain since 2011.
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Action Oak: The State of the UK’s Oaks Webinar
Catch up with Action Oak's webinar panel discussion on the State of the UK's Oaks report and its findings. Moderated by Dr Chris Nichols, the panel includes Lisa Brooks, Tony Kirkham MBE, Dr Kate Halstead, and Professor Nicola Spence CBE, and includes a brief Q&A.
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RFS responds to grey squirrel policy statement
The Royal Forestry Society responds to Defra and the Forestry Commission's policy paper on the management of grey squirrels.
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Beyond Spruce: Ancient Trees for Future Forests
There's a new Gone Foresting episode just dropped in time for Christmas! Join host Elle McAllister, Jen Turner (RFS Development Manager), and special guest Chris Reynolds (Forest Research) to discuss the fascinating diversity of conifers.
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New Gone Foresting Podcast episode for Plant Health Week
Join host Elle McAllister, Jen Turner (RFS Development Manager), and special guest Matt Parratt (Observatree Scientific Coordinator), for a Plant Health Week Special.
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QJF Plant Health Articles: Editors’ Choice
We asked the Editors of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry what articles they wanted to share for this year's Plant Health Week science day. They did not disappoint!
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TreeAlert: Enhancing how we monitor tree health
Entomologist, Christopher Berman writes about the increasing risks of pests and disease and explains how forestry professionals and the general public can use TreeAlert to help curb these risks.
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The Duke of Cornwall’s Award for Resilient Multi-Purpose Forestry 2024
Congratulations to Gold winner Morton Hall Estate, owned by the late Bill Mason, and to Silver winner Sennowe Forest.
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Drought and disease researchers awarded Viking Bursary
This year's Viking Bursary has gone to PhD students, Emily Grace and Andrea Rabbai, who are studying bacterial tree diseases and the impact of drought on mixed forest stands respectively.
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New Measures To Stop Ips Spread
The Forestry Commission is expanding the current eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) demarcated area in England following findings on Norway spruce in East Anglia.
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