plant health responsibilities • Plant health powers and the FC Tree Health Strategy • Action plan on tree health/Defra’s priorities/Expert task force report and recommendations • FC Plant Health – role and activities • Opal, Observatree, TreeA!ert • FC Biosecurity guidance
bark - Plant Health (Forestry) Orders Forestry Commissioners Welsh Ministers NI Minister Defra Ministers Scottish Govt Welsh Ministers NI Minister Other trees and plant material – Plant Health Order
on plant health form the EU Plant Health Regime which the European Commission has reviewed for the first time since 1977. • At the core of the recommendations is the need to modernise the system through: more focus on prevention; better risk targeting (prioritisation); and, more solidarity (moving from a Member State based to an EU approach for more joint action to tackle risks of EU significance). • The proposal has been submitted to the European Parliament and Council for co-decision which may take several years. Likely implementation date is 2018. 25/11/2013 6
• Discharge or conditions for release of material • Lists prohibited pests and relevant material • Obligation to prevent spread of harmful organisms or material • Register of traders • Plant passporting • Phytosanitary certificates • Powers and actions of inspectors (inc. power of entry) • Statutory Plant Health Notices SPHNs • Scientific licencing for research purposes • Movement and processing licencing • Notification about pests • Offences and penalties
Woodland trees against pests • Risk factors: • Globalisation and associated trade • Climate change • Prevent entry of harmful organisms • Intercept and eradicate new findings • If eradication is not possible move to containment • If all of the above fail, treat pests as established and learn to live with the consequences
action plan for tree health and plant biosecurity Jointly lead by Defra and the Forestry Commission and sets out an agenda for actions: To minimise the risk from new threats entering the UK. To enable us to understand more about the threats we face. To work with society to make it more aware of threats and pathways. To identify positive steps which professionals and other stakeholders can take to improve resilience of trees, woodlands and forests. To ensure an effective evidence base is developed and maintained to inform decisions. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Action-Plan-Tree-health-and-plant- biosecurity.pdf/$file/Action-Plan-Tree-health-and-plant-biosecurity.pdf
are to: • grow the rural economy • improve the environment • safeguard plant health • safeguard animal health Although Defra only works directly in England, it works closely with the devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and generally leads on negotiations in the EU and internationally. 25/11/2013 1
numbers of new tree pests and diseases recorded in the UK are increasing. • The UK needs to be better prepared in understanding the risks of what pests and diseases are likely to arrive, when, where and how they might invade, how severe the impact is likely to be and what options are available for interception, eradication, mitigation or adaptation. The Taskforce was established at the direction of GB Government by the Defra Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Ian Boyd, in order to consider these issues and to make recommendations about how the UK should protect tree health and strengthen plant biosecurity. 25/11/2013 1 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/ 200393/pb13878-tree-health-taskforce-final-report.pdf
National Context • Develop a prioritised UK Plant Health Risk Register. • Appoint a Chief Plant Health Officer to own the UK Plant Health Risk Register and to provide strategic and tactical leadership for managing those risks. • Develop and implement procedures for preparedness and contingency planning to predict, monitor, and control the spread of pests and pathogens. • Review, simplify, and strengthen governance and legislation. B. International Context • Improve the use of epidemiological intelligence from EU/other regions and work to improve the EU regulations concerned with tree health and plant biosecurity. • Strengthen biosecurity to reduce risks at the border and within the UK. C. Capabilities and Communication • Develop a modern, user-friendly system to provide quick and intelligent access to information about tree health and plant biosecurity. • Address key skills shortages. 25/11/2013 1
Morgan (Head of Plant Health) Nick Mainprize (Deputy Head of Plant Health) Stewart Snape (Policy Analyst, Monitoring and Biosecurity) DELIVERY Admin Support Ian Brownlee (Operations Manager) Joanne McAuley Victoria Cain Amanda Campbell, FRM Officer Nick Patterson-Sharp Steve Mears (RM South ) Ian Murgatroyd (RM North) (o/s Louth, Lincs) (o/s Dumfries) 9 Inspectors 3 Inspectors Located within Corporate & Forestry Support (CFS)
activities • Ensures legislation is in place to transpose EC instruments (audited by the FVO) • Performs approx 4 thousand inspections on 100% of controlled wood imports (circa 0.5 million m3 annually) – chargeable • Performs approx 2 thousand WPM inspections – non chargeable • Provides advice to industry/public • Maintains registration and plant passporting regime • Carries out surveys to meet EU and other demands • Enforces pest disease control programmes
in third countries • Hard Maple originating in the USA or Canada • Sweet chestnut originating in any third country • Oak originating in the USA • Plane originating in the USA or Armenia • Poplar originating in countries of the American continent • Ash originating Canada, China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia, Taiwan and USA (WEF 1 April 2009) - also includes Mandshurin Walnut, David Elm, Lace Bark Elm, and Japanese Wingnut.
EU Protected Zone Status against- Wood of Conifers Bark beetles species - Ips typographus Ips duplicatus Ips amitinus Wood of Sweet Chestnut Fungus - Cryphonectria parasitica Most timber material arrives in a bark-free state and does not require plant passports
– 31 March 2013 *Figure includes 21 documentary infringements and 10 physical non compliance infringements. The controlled softwood timber import volumes remained at half the pre- recession levels (1 million M3) and there no indications that this situation is going to change in the immediate future. The imports of containerised hardwoods such as Oak from the USA remained fairly constant throughout the year. Inspections Number carried out Non compliance 0.5 million M3 of imported sawn timber 3,469 31* Goods with associated Wood Packaging Material (WPM) 2,000 23
No requirement to notify us of intention to land WPM or dunnage other than WPM associated with certain types of stone from China. 8 million freight containers
Health maintains GB register of 625 registered forestry traders database including • 130 Regular importers of controlled forestry material (incl. Shipping Agents) • 6 Regular exporters of conifer roundwood from the Pest Free Area on the West Coast of Scotland.
650 phytosanitary certificates to the export trade annually • Perform inspections of material when necessary • Operates on a full cost recovery basis • Plant Health (export Certification) (Forestry) (Great Britain) Order 2004 • Main customers include the export of cricket bat willow to India
41 permanent Protected Zone study plots for freedom from quarantine bark beetle species • 17 plots were monitored for the presence of Cryphonectria parasitica (Sweet Chestnut Blight) (and Dryocosmus kuriphilus – chestnut gall wasp) • 19 plots are monitored for Gibberella circinata (Pitch canker of Pine). • 100 tree samples taken annually for freedom from Pine Wood Nematode • Pine Tree Lappet Moth Monitoring • Permanent plots for oak processionary moth monitoring
Authorisation 6 regular Registered Forestry Trader exporters of coniferous material from PFA (for Great spruce bark beetle, Six toothed bark beetle and Large larch bark beetle) to the Protected Zones of Ireland and Northern Ireland
strategy and guidance • Advice to FC Scotland and England, NRW and Defra • Commission research and sit on external steering groups for research • Input to Westminster submissions, PQs, correspondence and FoI requests • Consult with trade organisations • Communications support and media enquiries • Chair and provide admin support to GB OMTs: P.ramorum, P.austrocedrae, P.lateralis, C.fraxinea, Oak Processionary Moth (Bromley outbreak)
part you will: • Discover more about trees and how to assess their general health; • Identify some of the pests and diseases that can affect Oak, Ash and Horse Chestnut, helping to map their distribution. • Find about six of the most unwanted pests and diseases that could threaten the future of the landscape; Oak Processionary Moth, Pine Processionary Moth, Asian Longhorn Beetle, Chinese Longhorn Beetle, Emerald Ash Borer and Chalara die back of Ash. 25/11/2013 3
aims to deliver an integrated tree health Early Warning system and database, as part of the Tree Health and Biosecurity Action Plan. Engagement of citizens and civic societies to report tree health incidents, offsetting the diminishing availability of public sector funding and expertise. Total cost for the four year project are estimated at 2.561million euros. Funding partners include FC, FR, Defra, Fera, WT and NT. 25/11/2013 3
aim to prevent the introduction and spread of harmful organisms. These may be pests, pathogens or invasive species. Depends on the context: • Timber and wood packaging • Live plants and growing media • Natural dispersal • Transportation with timber or residues and/or vehicles • Equipment, footwear and personal clothing
who works for or carries out official duties on behalf of the Forestry Commission • Equally applies to employees or contractors who are required to enter land or businesses - regardless of the land ownership or tenure • Recommended as good working practice for use by all those involved in forestry. 25/11/2013 3
minimum level of biosecurity control encountered when entering any land or premises, where there are no grounds to suspect that damaging tree pests are present (other than those that are endemic and for which there would be minimal risk arising from transmission to other sites). Biosecurity Measures: • Clean footwear and outwear regularly • Ensure that vehicles are cleaned regularly • Keep vehicular access to a minimum • Restrict the equipment taken on site • Ensure all tools are clean and serviceable 25/11/2013 3
be applied before entering a woodland or a nursery or other premises where a damaging tree pest is known or suspected to be present; and there is a risk of spreading the pest further. • This level will apply to any sites where forestry statutory control measures are in place. Biosecurity Measures (over and above those for low risk biosecurity control): • Clean footwear and outerwear between site visits • Spray cleaned footwear and outerwear with disinfectant • Park off site if possible • Keep to hard tracks • Clean and disinfect tyres and wheels • Clean and disinfect tools and equipment before leaving site 25/11/2013 3
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