People in west and south London, and Pangbourne in Berkshire, are being cautioned not to touch the oak processionary caterpillars which are now emerging in oak trees in these areas.
As efforts to eradicate an outbreak of the Asian longhorn beetle (ALB) get under way near Paddock Wood in Kent, a public meeting is to be held locally to inform and update residents and landowners in the area about the outbreak and what is being done about it.
With 100 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Forestry Commission’s National Arboretum at Westonbirt is getting ready to welcome the world by planting one of 40 ‘Coubertin oaks’ – trees grown from acorns taken from an oak planted in 1890 in Much Wenlock in honour of the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin.
Another pair of rare ospreys has returned to the Forestry Commission's Kielder Water & Forest Park in Northumberland.
Britain’s forests contain an estimated 336 million cubic metres of coniferous timber, or softwood, according to a report published by the Forestry Commission.
An outbreak of the Asian longhorn beetle (ALB), a serious beetle pest which could have severe consequences for British trees, has been found in Kent.
The Government has announced it will implement a host of the forestry sector’s own recommendations to boost sustainable forestry and the green economy in its response to the Forestry Regulation Task Force published today.
The Forestry Commission is taking part in a multi-national research project to identify alternative tree species that could be planted in the future to thrive in the type of climate expected over the next century.
The Forestry Commission and The Food & Environment Research Agency (Fera) are working to eradicate Britain's first outbreaks of sweet chestnut blight caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica.