This tree health resilience strategy, which was developed in partnership with key stakeholders, sets out plans to protect England’s tree population from pest and disease threats. In England, the urban, peri-urban and rural landscape contains an abundance of trees, including hedgerow trees, infield trees, street trees, trees in parks and gardens, trees in orchards and woodlands, forestry plantations, and ancient and other culturally important trees and woodlands. All of these trees combined form our treescape.
This strategy sets out how we will tackle the threat of pests and diseases by taking action to reduce the risk of the threat occurring and strengthening our trees, woods and forests to better withstand threats. The strategy focuses on delivering three outcomes to build resilience – (1) resistance, (2) response and recovery and, (3) adaptation.
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