A GOVERNMENT ban on the import of ash trees into the UK has been imposed in a bid to stop the spread of a disease that could remove the ash tree from the British landscape.
A GOVERNMENT ban on the import of ash trees into the UK has been imposed in a bid to stop the spread of a disease that could remove the ash tree from the British landscape.
ROOTING OUT THE PROBLEM: Forestry Commission Scotland has welcomed the ban on importing ash trees. It hopes the move will protect healthy woodlands north of the Border.
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David Ross Highland Correspondent
The ban will prevent ash plants, trees and seeds being brought into the country, and movement restrictions will stop trees from infected areas being moved elsewhere, as part of efforts to stop the spread of Chalara ash dieback, caused by the Chalara fraxinea fungus.
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