Category: Environmental resiliance

Biosecurity in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry Position Statement

Summary

In the wake of ever-growing threats to tree health in the UK, the Arboricultural Association (AA) has published the ‘Biosecurity in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry Position Statement’. It addresses the problems associated with the introduction and spread of tree pests and diseases as well as invasive tree species. The document defines basic and easy-to-follow principles

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Urgent action needed to adapt to climate change

Summary

Professor Lord John Krebs has said that while there was “no question” that the first response to climate change should be to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is still “crucial to prepare for the inevitable changes” that will occur as a result of emissions that have already been made. This comes hot on the heels

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Good news for Green Infrastructure

Summary

The government has issued new specific guidance on Green Infrastructure (GI) as part of their National Planning Practice Guidance.  It’s been published to help with the implementation of the main national planning document, the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England. The NPPF defines Green Infrastructure as a network of multi-functional green space, urban and

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Environmental Issues Continue to Move to the Mainstream

Summary

This week has seen environmental issues grabbing the headlines for a number of reasons. The talks in Paris are the latest attempts to thrash out a global deal to arrest greenhouse gas emissions, and the floods in Cumbria and elsewhere pose unanswerable questions around climate change, flood science, and investment of scarce financial resources.  

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