Environment policy UK: Tree health and plant biosecurity

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The UK Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) convened a Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Expert Taskforce as part of the response to the outbreak of Ash dieback disease caused by Chalara.  The Taskforce final report recommendations are..../

  • development of a prioritised UK Plant Health Risk Register.
  • a Chief Plant Health Officer to own the UK Plant Health Risk Register and to provide strategic and tactical leadership for managing those risks.
  • development and implementation procedures for preparedness and contingency planning to predict, monitor, and control the spread of pests and pathogens.
  • review, simplification, and strengthening of governance and legislation.
  • improvement of the use of epidemiological intelligence from EU/other regions and improvement of the EU regulations concerned with tree health and plant biosecurity.
  • strengthening of biosecurity to reduce risks at the border and within the UK.
  • development of a modern, user-friendly system to provide quick and intelligent access to information about tree health and plant biosecurity.
  • addressing key skills shortages.
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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith