Nick Atkinson is a Fellow at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. He is also an employee of the Woodland Trust. Ash dieback – a fatal disease of Britain’s native ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) – is ...

Work has begun to remove infected trees in Coldean Woods near Brighton Urgent work to remove dead and diseased ash trees in a Brighton woodland is under way. Brighton & Hove City Council said: "We ...

For the past decade the outlook has been gloomy for European ash trees devastated by ash dieback and facing the threat of more invasive pests. For the past decade the outlook has been gloomy for ...

New research finds that ash dieback is far less severe in the isolated conditions ash is often found in, such as forests with low ash density or in open canopies like hedges, suggesting the long term ...

Volunteers have been given 1,200 saplings including hawthorn, blackthorn, elder and hazel.