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Host of the month - Plane
Matt Parratt, Observatree Scientific Coordinator, highlights plane, plane lace bug and plane wilt.
Matt Parratt • 29 Aug 2023
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Host of the month - Pine
Matt Parratt, Observatree Scientific Coordinator, highlights pines and Dothistroma needle blight.
Matt Parratt • 29 Aug 2023
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The exceptional summer of 2022: extreme heat and drought and impacts on trees.
Matt Parratt, Observatree Scientific Coordinator, and colleagues at Forest Research, look at the effects of extreme heat and drought on trees.
Matt Parratt • 18 Jul 2023
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New look for TreeAlert!
Lucy Turner, TreeAlert Coordinator, gives an overview of some of the latest improvements to the TreeAlert system.
Lucy Turner • 18 Jul 2023
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Observatree at Ladybower Reservoir
Exploring the ancient woodlands of Ladybower Reservoir, with Midlands based Observatree volunteers.
Charles Lane • 06 Jul 2023
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Observatree 2022 breaks all records!
Throughout the year, Observatree volunteers submitted 4899 tree health reports. Our best year to date. Not only that, volunteers also submitted the most pest and disease reports, they surveyed the most tree species in a single year and monitored the most sentinel trees.
Rebecca Gosling • 21 Mar 2023
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Visit to Sheffield Park by South East and London Volunteers
Lead Observatree Volunteers, Ben and Richard arranged a winter activity for the south east region to enable volunteers to meet up and socialise, exchange knowledge and experiences whilst out on site.
Ben Hamlin • 07 Mar 2023
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2022: a year in review for Observatree
New volunteers, new collaborations and renewed activity: 2022 was another great year for Observatree.
Peter Crow • 25 Jan 2023
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BGCI and the IPSN: Botanic gardens in the fight against invasive plant threats
Miles Kitching looks at how Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN) have been working together to tackle threats to plant biodiversity
Miles Kitching • 31 Oct 2022
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Observatree attends the world’s first International Plant Health Conference
Colleagues from across the Observatree partnership, attended the world’s first International Plant Health Conference. Peter Crow, Observatree’s Project Manager, reflects on some of the conference’s key messages around the current and future global plant health challenges.
Peter Crow • 17 Oct 2022