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Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare visits Forest Research’s Alice Holt research station
Lord Douglas-Miller OBE, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Defra and Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare, visited Forest Research’s Alice Holt research station.
A new national monitoring project aims to help prevent the potential spread of a serious pest affecting spruce trees – the larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus).
Determination, willpower…and a pinch of luck!
Discover Pankajini Samal’s inspirational story as we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Major research investment into national land use transformation
Forest Research part of transdisciplinary hub looking to bridge the gap between science and policy to achieve Net Zero.
On Thursday, 23 November 2023, Forest Research hosted Rebecca Pow, MP, at our Alice Holt site in Hampshire. The visit coincided with her appointment as the new Forestry Minister. Announcing...
A new ‘old’ health threat to Scots pine
A previously rare fungus known as Curreya pithyophila is now infesting shoots and branches of Scots pine in an apparently symbiotic association with the native adelgid species, Pineus pini. So...
Latest climate change factsheets now available
The factsheets provide concise summaries of information from scientific research and are aimed at practitioners, individuals and organisations who want to understand more about trees, forests and climate change.
Check a Sweet Chestnut
As part of National Plant Health Week in May, Check a Sweet Chestnut was launched. This is a collaboration between the RHS, Defra, APHA, Forest Research and Observatree looking to...
Oak processionary moth lookalikes
25% of the total enquiries reported through the new look TreeAlert, launched in March, have been submitted via the Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) reporting line. However not all of the...
Welcome to the new look TreeAlert!
Following a significant investment by Defra, much of the TreeAlert system has been rebuilt. TreeAlert has been given a new look with responsive web design, adapting to mobile devices to...
The Interview – Chief Scientist, Professor Chris Quine, speaks about becoming a Fellow and the future of forest science
Chris Quine has recently been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. To celebrate this achievement, Chris spoke to us about what this recognition means to him. He...
Toni explains how she is using her skills as Research Statistician to make a positive impact.
Toni, Forest Research statistician, explains how she is using her analysis skills to make a positive impact for our natural world.
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