What we do
The Wales Tree Health Steering Group advises on pests and diseases affecting trees.
The purpose of the group is to advise and support us with:
- setting out our policies
- developing strategic response to outbreaks of pests and diseases affecting trees
- considering the potential impact on plants in the wider environment
- finding ways of building resilience against pests and diseases in trees and woodlands (both public and private) in the short, medium and long-term
- linking with other European Union and Great British groups to review the threat presented by new and emerging tree and tree related plant pests and diseases so we can co-ordinate the development of response plans
- considering the resource implications of pests and diseases
- considering the cost and delivery of control strategies
The group is chaired by the Deputy Director, Land, Nature and Forestry Division, Îʶ¦ÓéÀÖand reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs.