Ploughing or intensive cultivation damageAncient trees are sometimes threatened by plans to fell or cut them harshly – for example in order to make way for the construction of roads or buildings, but there are many less obvious threats, such as neglect and poor management, fires in surrounding vegetation, harmful farming activities, competition from surrounding younger trees, and pests and disease.
Lack of management can eventually result in serious damage or death of a veteran tree due to it falling over or breaking apart. Read more >>
Among the threats to ancient trees from inappropriate site management are the risk of competition for light from surrounding trees. Read more >>
Concerns about safety can be a threat to trees, so it's vital that take a balanced approach to tree safety management. Read more >>
There appears to be a growing imbalance between the loss of mature and ancient, open crowned trees and the regeneration of new trees to replace them. Read more >>
There are many threats today to veteran and ancient trees from introduced pests and diseases, including Chalara Ash Dieback, Acute Oak Decline, sweet chestnut blight and Plane Wilt. Read more >>
Ancient and veteran trees are regularly threatened by development, but retaining them will often enhance the value of any development. Read more >>
Common farming activities such as the use of fertilisers and grazing of livestock can sometimes pose a threat to ancient and veteran trees. Read more >>
Climate change is bringing both incremental changes and more frequent extreme events, both of which could have major impacts on ancient and veteran trees. Read more >>
