Forest Sale Minister Felled as Renewables Sceptic Takes Job
She weathered the storm of the 2011 government U-turn on the sale of the Public Forest Estate and formed the Independent Panel on Forestry whose final report was delivered in July (see page 8), but it wasn’t enough. This month Caroline Spelman was ousted as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in […]
Destructive Disease Now Found on Larch in South East England
Destructive Disease Now Found on Larch in South East England The forestry industry was dealt a blow with news that Phytophthora ramorum (P. ramorum) has been found on larch trees in South East England for the first time. P. ramorum has been confirmed in larch trees in two woodlands: one in West Sussex, and the […]
