Helping to save our ash trees
Have you wondered what you could do to help tackle ash dieback?
24/05/2016
10:47
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Guide to Tree Pruning
Guide to Tree Pruning Tree Pruning is part of a series of general information leaflets produced by the Arboricultural Association. The Association provides membership services, accreditation and support to 2,500 professional arborists in the UK and further ...
27/06/2018
16:49
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Tree protection in the UK and around the world
This year’s Arb Association conference hosted a discussion about protecting trees, with perspectives from experts working across the globe.
30/11/2022
09:42
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Tree protection in the UK and around the world
This year’s Arb Association conference hosted a discussion about protecting trees, with perspectives from experts working across the globe.
30/11/2022
09:42
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Find a Professional
Complaints procedure Find a professional Are you looking for a Tree Care Professional? Try one of our directories to find the ideal professional All businesses and individuals listed in our directories have achieved our rigorous assessment standards FIND A ...
29/09/2015
16:40
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Achieving Fellowship
Nobby Clarke receives his Fellowship for the Arboricultural Association...
03/06/2019
10:09
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Achieving Fellowship
Nobby Clarke receives his Fellowship for the Arboricultural Association...
03/06/2019
10:09
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Confor presses for new carbon fund for productive forestry
Confor has written to England forestry Minister Thérèse Coffey to press for additional funding to plant productive forests in England, following the UK’s signing of the Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emissions.
20/10/2016
10:06
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Confor presses for new carbon fund for productive forestry
Confor has written to England forestry Minister Thérèse Coffey to press for additional funding to plant productive forests in England, following the UK’s signing of the Paris Agreement on greenhouse gas emissions.
20/10/2016
10:06
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Tree planting 'must remain at heart of climate debate'
Confor today promised to keep tree planting at the heart of the climate change debate
03/05/2019
12:14
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Tree planting 'must remain at heart of climate debate'
Confor today promised to keep tree planting at the heart of the climate change debate
03/05/2019
12:14
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Tree planting 'must remain at heart of climate debate'
Confor today promised to keep tree planting at the heart of the climate change debate
03/05/2019
12:14
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UK Power Networks launches Be Bright, Stay Safe campaign
UK Power Networks' 'Be Bright, Stay Safe' campaign has been launched to help make everyone aware of potential hazards around our networks. Remember to be bright, and stay safe.
10/07/2018
09:42
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Annual Review 2021
Fungi books published Two landmark publications on the subject of Fungi and Trees are delivered to widespread acclaim, with both becoming record-selling titles. Technical Guides set new standards for safety Four of the suite of five Technical Guides are relea...
08/11/2021
13:22
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More trees please: Government urged to show greater planting ambition
Confor has joined forces with The Woodland Trust to urge the Government to raise its ambitions and ensure tens of millions more trees are planted in England for the lifetime of this Parliament and beyond.
14/12/2015
08:28
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More trees please: Government urged to show greater planting ambition
Confor has joined forces with The Woodland Trust to urge the Government to raise its ambitions and ensure tens of millions more trees are planted in England for the lifetime of this Parliament and beyond.
14/12/2015
08:28
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More trees please: Government urged to show greater planting ambition
Confor has joined forces with The Woodland Trust to urge the Government to raise its ambitions and ensure tens of millions more trees are planted in England for the lifetime of this Parliament and beyond.
14/12/2015
08:28
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Descendant of baronetcy who looks after our trees
With so much concern about air pollution and climate change, Jasper Fulford-Dobson’s work as an arboriculturalist is becoming increasingly important — even if many people don’t understand exactly what he does.
02/03/2017
09:27
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Descendant of baronetcy who looks after our trees
With so much concern about air pollution and climate change, Jasper Fulford-Dobson’s work as an arboriculturalist is becoming increasingly important — even if many people don’t understand exactly what he does.
02/03/2017
09:27
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Dead standing trees – to keep or not to keep?
Managing trees is an element of my job and I am often asked to review standing deadwood, monoliths, erect biomass of standing deadwood
13/08/2018
13:27
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Dead standing trees – to keep or not to keep?
Managing trees is an element of my job and I am often asked to review standing deadwood, monoliths, erect biomass of standing deadwood
13/08/2018
13:27
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What are the typical services of an arboricultural contractor?
Services typically required of an arboricultural contractor are: Tree maintenance operations including pruning, and related works to relevant British Standards (see our Tree Work Terminology page) Tree planting operations and aftercare/establishment programmes Tree fell...
12/12/2015
21:43
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Trees for Cities Leads Fight for Urban Greening
Trees for Cities has been awarded a grant from the Government’s £40 million second round of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund
29/07/2021
10:12
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Trees for Cities Leads Fight for Urban Greening
Trees for Cities has been awarded a grant from the Government’s £40 million second round of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund
29/07/2021
10:12
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So what actions can contractors take to ensure compliance to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981?
A few things that contractors should consider putting in place: Tool box talk in regards to nesting birds: what to look for and what to do if there is nesting activity within the trees or vegetation being worked on. Record on all pre-works wildlife assessments e.g. ‘no nest...
24/11/2015
09:07
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Gear check
An industry perspective from Canopy Climbing Collective
19/05/2023
14:30
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The Environmental Policy Forum Warn that the EU Withdrawal Bill is Inadequate
The Society for the Environment partnered with other professional bodies to warn that the EU Withdrawal Bill is inadequate to deliver Gove’s “Green Brexit” vision of healthier environment...
20/10/2017
12:42
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The Environmental Policy Forum Warn that the EU Withdrawal Bill is Inadequate
The Society for the Environment partnered with other professional bodies to warn that the EU Withdrawal Bill is inadequate to deliver Gove’s “Green Brexit” vision of healthier environment...
20/10/2017
12:42
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The Environmental Policy Forum Warn that the EU Withdrawal Bill is Inadequate
The Society for the Environment partnered with other professional bodies to warn that the EU Withdrawal Bill is inadequate to deliver Gove’s “Green Brexit” vision of healthier environment...
20/10/2017
12:42
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Applications for the Landscape Recovery scheme now open
Farmers and landowners will be able to apply for funding to support projects that will restore nature, reduce flood risks and boost biodiversity, as the first round of applications for the Landscape Recovery scheme opens today.
01/02/2022
12:03
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