Tree Surveys, Inspections, Assessments & Reports

29/08/2024

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17/04/2024

Inaction will cost us more 👇🏽

Cost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study finds

02/10/2022

I produced a strategy for increasing tree cover for south Somerset district council ; it is based on assessment of the largest towns, & the whole district, existing & potential - it’s published online as part of the local plan.
Basically there is realistic potential to double (at least) tree cover in every town - and more in rural area - within 30 years.
I expect every town has the same potential. 👍
It is really just a matter of identifying the right tree for the right places.
I usually recommend everywhere aims for 30% Tree cover in 30 years. This ties in with the 30X30 initiative.👍

30 by 30 (or 30x30) is a worldwide initiative for governments to designate 30% of Earth's land and ocean area as protected areas by 2030.[1][2] The target was proposed by a 2019 article in Science Advances "A Global Deal for Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets", highlighting the need...

06/09/2021

Trying out a new photo app.

20/07/2021

There is Nothing stranger than reality.

The weird connection between the first chainsaw and childbirth tools, basal metabolic rate and p**p, and animal pregnancies and self determination. Listen to the podcast here.

07/07/2021

In this week's comments update, our story quoting experts who say planting trees "doesn't make any sense" in the fight against climate change has triggered a furious reaction from readers.

01/03/2021

When A.I. gets going - the surveying of trees will take on a level of detail and data never even imagined before.
How we use this information is the challenge.

New laser technology is mapping out how grand the world’s biggest trees really are - unveiling the true scale of California’s Redwoods for the first time

06/11/2020

The days of ‘boots on the ground’ maybe numbered?

Imperial researchers have created drones that can attach sensors to trees to monitor environmental and ecological changes in forests.

31/10/2020

Tree safety
The issues are much the same in the U.K., Namely the frequency and detail of inspections is the issue. And if the degree of action taken was appropriate.

The settlement does not involve the part of the family’s case against West Coast Arborists LLP, which contracted with the city to inspect and trim trees at Penn Park, where the tree fell.

24/09/2020

Acute oak decline - another nasty diseases linked to pollution and climate change.
https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/pest-and-disease-resources/acute-oak-decline/acute-oak-decline-aod-incidence-and-distribution/

24/09/2020

Diversity adds resilience

Researchers have discovered why the tropics and a handful of other areas across the globe have become the most biodiverse places on the planet. The research suggests that biodiversity hotspots – such as the Daintree Rainforest in Australia and the Cloud Forests of Ecuador – are teeming with spec...

20/09/2020

This isn’t mad (caveat - it is)

As forests evolve in the face of climate crisis, some surprising methods are being used to track how species migrate