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213 Search Results for Forestry Guidance

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    Ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus)

    Present in United Kingdom Reportable – see ’Report a sighting’ below Scientific name of causal agent – Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Ash dieback is a highly destructive disease of ash trees (Fraxinus species), especially the United Kingdom’s native ash species, common ash (Fraxinus excelsior). It is caused by a fungus named Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (H. fraxineus), which is of eastern Asian […]
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    Well-being and quality of life

    How the use of greenspace for exercise and recreation can provide benefits such as improved well-being and quality of life
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    Third party tools

    Tools and calculators from other organizations and institutes
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    Short rotation forestry

    Growing single stem trees on a short rotation
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    Great spruce bark beetle (Dendroctonus micans)

    Information about the tree pest great spruce bark beetle ( Dendroctonus micans )
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    Access and accessibility

    The different ways in which access to woodland and greenspace can be categorised, issues of accessibility and related and other practical considerations
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    Oriental chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus)

    Present in UK Notifiable – see ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name – Dryocosmus kuriphilus (D. kuriphilus) Oriental chestnut gall wasp (OCGW; Dryocosmus kuriphilus) is an insect pest of sweet chestnut trees (trees in the Castanea genus). Picture: Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary FRI, Bugwood.org Distribution The species is established in several European countries from Germany and the Czech Republic in the north to the Mediterranean […]
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    Economic regeneration

    How the provision of urban green infrastructure can provide economic regeneration benefits and improve the economic situation in deprived areas
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    Flood risk alleviation

    Summary of the use of urban greenspace to reduce flood risk, through riparian woodland on floodplains
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    Elm yellows (Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi)

    Not present in United Kingdom Notifiable – See ‘Report a sighting’ below Scientific name of causal agent – Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi (C. Phytoplasma ulmi) ‘Yellows’ is a plant disease caused by a group of organisms called phytoplasmas, which are specialised forms of bacteria. One of these phytoplasmas, Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi, can infect elm trees (trees in the Ulmus […]
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    Soil function – practical considerations

    Consideration of soil formation and function in the urban environment where greenspace is to be established
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    Bird biodiversity

    The benefits of providing urban greenspace as a habitat for birds, to improve levels of bird populations in the urban environment