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24/11/2012
I am the president of the Woodland Trust. Perhaps I should resign.
If you go down to the woods today, you are in for a nasty surprise. Well, not a surprise exactly, as you are probably aware that these are desperate times for our ...
29/10/2012
The recent confirmed cases of Chalara ash dieback means it has become the latest threat to UK
trees.
Within the UK's woodlands, ash is the third most abundant species of broadleaf
trees, covering 129,000 hectares.
However, ...
16/9/2012
They have blamed the trend on the spread of a pest species which attacks
horse chestnut trees (Aesculus hippocastanum).
Researchers believe that the majority of the
trees in England and Wales are now infected by the leaf miner moth ...
22/10/2011
A young
horse chestnut tree in a west London garden was bleeding a rust-coloured liquid down its bark last week. As it dried, it left a black, tar-like stain several feet long. Two streets away, another
horse chestnut had prematurely shed its ...
4/8/2011
The Woodland Trust survey of 40,000 volunteers found that the traditional signs of spring were on average 17 days earlier because of the hot weather in April.
The orange-tipped butterfly was spotted almost a month early on 13th April, ...
25/2/2011
A sad milestone in the spread of a disease mortally affecting Britain's
horse chestnut trees was passed this week when one of the country's noblest
horse chestnut avenues was finally cut down.
The
trees lining the drive of 16th-century ...
1/2/2011
Could conker championships become a thing of the past?
A common insect called the leaf miner moth does more long-term damage to
horse chestnut trees than thought.
Previously the moth was thought to cause only cosmetic damage, ...
2/10/2010
The future of Britain's conker crop is at risk from an "alien invader" that is attacking
horse chestnut trees across the country. New research has found that the leaf miner moth, which weakens
trees by making them shed their leaves early, is ...
15/8/2010
Concern over health and safety, combined the rise in popularity of computer games and television, has left today's children with an alarming lack of understanding of the animal and plant kingdom, according to the study.
Many youngsters ...
24/3/2009
PESTS and diseases are set to spread through Scotland's forests as a result of climate change, with potentially devastating impacts, a report has warned.
Diseases likely to take greater hold in the
trees in Scotland's woodlands include a ...
8/3/2009
For Tony Kirkham it was yet another grim find. One of the towering oaks, a
tree that had dominated its patch of Kew Gardens for 250 years, was dying.
At 90ft high and still in its prime, the
tree had seemed ready for another 250 years, ...
19/9/2008
New York State environmental officials are preparing to send a team of trained state forestry staffers to help Massachusetts survey and quantify the extent of damage caused by the Asian longhorned beetle, Department of Environmental Conservation ...
5/9/2008
Scientists need help to protect Connecticut's maple
trees from potential devastation.
The enemy is a beetle that has extremely long, black-and-white antennae, makes no sound, can pack a bite and attacks hardwood
trees.
This bug, ...
15/8/2008
A black and white beetle which can damage woodland and garden plants has been found in the UK after being imported from China, the government warned on Thursday.
Several Citrus Longhorn beetles have been found after they were brought in ...
13/9/2006
Thousands of plant species are being pushed to the brink of extinction by
global warming, and those already at the extremes are in the greatest danger, a
leading botanist said on Tuesday.
Paul Smith, head of Britain's Millennium ...
13/9/2006
Gardeners face one of the greatest challenges in horticultural history
because rapid climate change is making traditional techniques redundant, experts
said yesterday.
As the Government told Britain's 27 million gardeners to ...
12/9/2006
Horticultural experts across Britain are becoming increasingly concerned
about the adverse effects global warming is having on the country's best-known
trees.
Its claimed some species are battling to survive in the face of climate ...
24/8/2006
Britain's
horse chestnut trees, providers of conkers for generations of
schoolboys, are dying in their thousands in the worst case of
tree blight since
Dutch elm disease 30 years ago.
The
horse chestnuts, which often stand in ...
17/8/2006
Scotland's native
tree population is at threat from global warming, with some
species migrating north for more suitable conditions, according to forestry
experts.
Forests and woodlands in the south of the country are seeing some ...
26/5/2005
NEW YORK – Based in McCall, Idaho, Christy Behm has parachuted from airplanes
and rappelled out of helicopters to fight forest fires in the western United
States. But her toughest foe may lie here, 30 feet above New York's Central
Park. ...
30/3/2004
NEW KENT, Va. — In his mind, Jason Rutledge sees the future of logging, and
it's the
horse.
Rutledge says
horse logging can help a landowner make money and improve the
forest at the same time.
"It's not a bad ...
4/12/2003
A disease which has destroyed many thousands of Californian oaks has been
found for the first time in several well-loved British
tree species.
It is a fungus called sudden oak death, and till now it had been found only
in UK shrubs ...
5/9/2003
BERLIN (AFP) - The drought that ravaged Europe's harvests this summer may
also have set off an ecological time bomb by helping the reproduction cycle of a
mysterious moth which has been devastating
chestnut trees across the ...
2/10/2002
NEW DELHI, India, October 2, 2002 (ENS) - The quest to commercialize plant
genes by transnational companies and national governments is destroying a wealth
of genetic resources and livelihoods across the Asia-Pacific region, says a
report ...
21/2/2002
It has been here for at least a decade, quietly chewing its way through the
city's beloved maples and elms, leaving barren neighborhoods and parks in its
wake. First discovered in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, it appeared in Queens, Long
Island and ...