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May 20:
Positive steps but Defra must follow through - reaction to Tree Health Task Force report
The Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Task Force's report published this morning is authoritative, detailed and informed.
It offers sound advice, and includes a series of strong recommendations designed to ensure, going forward, plant and tree health is treated seriously and in line with the scale of the threat posed by the current swathe of pests and diseases taking hold across the UK.
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May 16:
HS2 Phase 1 Environmental Statement "superficial and incomplete"
The Environmental Statement on the HS2 route between London and the West Midlands, published by the Department for Transport this morning is "superficial and incomplete".
On the phase 1 stretch of HS2 from London to Birmingham, at least 21 ancient woods, covering a combined area of 409ha, will suffer direct loss and a further 12 are at risk from noise, vibration and further infrastructure such as roads. Three ancient trees, habitats in their own right, will also be lost with another 16 lying within 200m.
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May 3:
Bank holiday blues arrive across the country
The wait for bluebells to flower appears to be over with the Trust receiving a surge in sightings across the country just in time for the bank holiday weekend.
The bluebell has also topped a poll on our VisitWoods website to find the country’s favourite spring flower.
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May 1:
Woodland Trust funding offer to ash planters
The Trust welcomes the Forestry Commission’s new Plant Health Woodland Improvement grant for landowners to remove or replace ash saplings due to the spread of Chalara fraxinea.
We are also launching a plan to offer free replacement trees for Woodland Trust MOREwoods owners
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March 27:
A crowning achievement: 6 million trees for you Ma’am
On Wednesday 27th March, HRH The Princess Royal and Prime Minister David Cameron planted the 6 millionth tree of the Trust’s Jubilee Woods campaign, signalling the final successful milestone of our biggest ever tree planting project.
The 6 million trees have resulted in the creation of hundreds of new woods across the UK totalling 5,000 hectares or 12,355 acres, the equivalent tree cover of three times the size of all the Royal Parks in London.
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