Help prevent establishment of spruce bark beetle by joining national monitoring project - Forest Research Help protect Britain’s spruce forests by installing pheromone traps and contributing vital data on the spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus.

🗣️ Calling all woodland owners and managers – we need your help to expand a GB-wide network of pheromone traps to help protect Britain’s spruce woodlands from Ips typographus (spruce bark beetle).

🔗 Find out more: ow.ly/rsiF50WOXb2

Grants, benefits and financial help If you have experienced economic abuse, there are organisations that may be able to provide financial support with day-to-day expenses.

Economic abuse can leave you struggling to afford essentials, especially if you have children to care for.  

However, support is out there.  

You can find information on grants, benefits and other financial support that may be available here ⬇️ 

Calls to report yellow-legged hornets in Kent The insect is spotted in locations around Kent including Canterbury, Deal, Ramsgate and Folkestone.

Calls to report yellow-legged Asian hornets in Kent

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New Xylella Fastidiosa Infections Identified in Puglia The latest infection of four olive trees marks the northernmost detection of Xylella fastidiosa in Italy’s southern Puglia region.

www.oliveoiltimes.com/business/eur...

The judges' winner in our 2025 Threatened Plant of the Year is Delphinium 'Alice Artindale'.

Vote for your 'public choice' here until Sun 6 July: bit.ly/TPOTY2025 or visit Conservation at plantheritage.org.uk.

#HomeFarmPlants #Delphinium #Burgon&Ball #RHSHampton

White illustration of a toolkit with a screwdriver, wrench, and hammer on a red background. Above it, the text reads "Toolkit for support." In the bottom right corner, the logo and name "carersuk" appear.

The theme for #CarersWeek today is health and social care. We have developed a toolkit to help you manage your time and interactions with professionals.

www.carersuk.org/help-and-advice/practica...

5 forestry pests and diseases that are not common in the UK. Yet. Savills UK | In recent decades, new tree pests and diseases have increased in the UK.

www.savills.co.uk/blog/article...

PlantSearch survey on management of living collections | Botanic Gardens Conservation International Are you a curator of living plant collection in a botanic garden? We need 10 minutes of your time to BGCI understand how collection data is managed across gardens.

Sharing this survey from Botanic Gardens Conservation International:
Are you a curator of a living plant collection in a botanic garden?
Spare 10 minutes to help BGCI understand how collection data is managed across gardens. Survey available in 3 languages.
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#PlantConservation

BBKA Spring Convention Bookings and Ticket Sales are open in advance until 25 March 2025

Thereafter, entry wristband tickets & £6 Trade Show only tickets are available at the event

www.bbka.org.uk/planning-you...

Plant health communications webinar on 4th April:

An aerial shot of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

JOB: Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Genomics & help unlock the genetic secrets of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest 🌿

From microbial diversity to bioactive compounds, your work will help shape conservation & bioeconomy research

📅 Apply by 13 April

👉 careers.kew.org/vacancy/post...

❗ Another addition to the EPPO Alert List ❗

Phyllostachys aurea, the invasive bamboo, has been added to the alert list.

🔎 Find out more: lnkd.in/ebQP5QfK

⚠️ Our Alert List acts as an early warning of pests for our member countries.