Staff
Racheal Lee
BSc (Hons)
BSc (Hons)
Racheal graduated from the University of Plymouth in 2021 with a BSc (Hons) degree in Environmental Management and Sustainability. Throughout her studentship she volunteered with the National Trust as a Ranger working on woodland restoration projects on East Dartmoor in Devon, and with Natural England surveying lichen communities in ancient woodlands as part of a ‘Resilient Rainforest’ project. Through these experiences Racheal developed her interest in tree health and sustainable management of woodlands.
Racheal joined Forest Research in 2022 as a Research Worker (Tree Health) to deliver field-based support to the Tree Health Diagnostic and Advisory Service (THDAS) team in their work to detect and monitor tree health, pests and diseases.
Talybont Research Office
Cefn Gethiniog
Talybont-on-Usk
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LD3 7YN
The Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN) is a ground-breaking Welsh Government funded project designed to proactively monitor native and invasive pests and pathogens that may pose a threat to health of plants and trees across Wales.
This article, published in the Journal of Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGjournal), outlines the work of the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN), a Welsh Government funded plant health initiative. Launched in 2022 by Forest Research (FR), the primary aim of the WPHSN is to monitor the presence and absence of native and invasive […]
This document describes and reports on the first year of activities undertaken for the Welsh Plant Health Surveillance Network (WPHSN), a ground-breaking Welsh Government funded project to monitor native and invasive pests and pathogens that may pose a threat to health of plants and trees across Wales.