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TREEWORK ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE
Presents
Seminar XVIII
Trees in Crisis (Part 1)
Finding Holistic Solutions to Disease and Decline
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Jodrell Laboratory Lecture Theatre, London TW9 3AB
16th September 2011
£125 plus VAT per person.
Important message
We have been thinking about how to continue to deliver high quality seminars which are affordable and meet demand for knowledge on important, contemporary issues. In order to maintain quality while improving accessibility we are taking a number of steps to reduce the cost to delegates.
Tea and coffee will be provided, however lunch will not (delegates may bring their own lunch or use local facilities). Instead of providing hard copy Delegate Booklets, speakers’ presentation summaries will be published and made available on our website.
Neville Fay
We are witnessing a new phase of mature trees loss around the UK from disease and decline, affecting an increasing number of species and posing a real threat to our natural environment and human wellbeing.
Trees as ecosystems are communicating a story about our environment. Understanding this may hold the clue to safeguarding our tree heritage. This seminar, the first of a series, will bring experts and original thinkers to investigate ‘root causes’ and innovative approaches, shifting from the disease/pathogen model to an ecosystem approach.
Speakers:
- Paul Stamets
Researcher, Inventor, Founder of Fungi Perfecti LLC
Solutions from the Underground: How mushrooms can help save the world
- Alan Rayner
Naturalist, Artist and Communicator
Understanding the Tree as an Inclusional System - Tony Kirkham
Head of the Arboretum and Horticultural Services, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The View from Kew - managing loss of high value trees - Neville Fay
Director and Principal Consultant, Treework Environmental Practice, Bristol
An Integrated Vision of Tree Health and Disease - Jim Smith
London Tree and Woodland Framework Manager, Forestry Commission
Challenges Facing our Tree Heritage
The Treework Environmental Practice seminar series is designed
to introduce various perspectives & practices about which a
need for information has been expressed by UK practitioners,
sometimes because developments have taken place mainly overseas.
The seminar series aims to:
- explore innovative & interdisciplinary approaches to the understanding of tree health, structure and condition
- introduce developments from beyond the UK affecting the field of arboriculture
- improve understanding of modern arboricultural science to better inform tree management practice
The Arboricultural Association and the Institute of Chartered Foresters make the following comment about CPD and the Treework Environmental Practice Seminar Series: Continuing Professional Development is a requirement of professionals and is compulsory for some grades of Arboricultural Association and Institute of Chartered Foresters membership as well as for membership of other organisations. Whilst it is up to the individual delegate to assess the worth of the training in relation to their own personal development, it is reasonable to allocate 6 or 7 hours CPD per seminar day attendance in the Treework Environmental Practice Seminar Series.