Exploring public perceptions of solutions to tree diseases in the UK: Implications for policy-makers

Paul Jepson and Irina Arakelyan

Environmental Science & Policy, 2017, vol. 76, issue C, 70-77

Abstract: Tree diseases are on the increase in many countries and the implications of their appearance can be political, as well as ecological and economic. Preventative policy approaches to tree diseases are difficult to formulate because dispersal pathways for pest and pathogens are numerous, poorly known and likely to be beyond human management control. Genomic techniques could offer the quickest and most predictable approach to developing a disease tolerant native ash.

Keywords: Public perceptions; Ash dieback; Chalara; Tree health policy; Fraxinus excelsior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.06.008

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