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From becoming a Nature Detective to tree planting… find out more about plant health activities and events that you can get involved with!
The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs published the Plant Biosecurity Strategy for Great Britain (2023) to set out a new vision for plant health:
“To protect Great Britain’s plants through a strong partnership of government, industry, and the public, working together to reduce and manage risks posed by plant pests and pathogens, and facilitate safe trade.”
One of the key outcomes within the strategy is to create a society the values healthy plants. We aim to this by raising awareness of the importance of healthy plants and trees and encouraging the adoption of responsible behaviours across society.
This is because everyone in the UK has a vital role to play in protecting the health of our plants and trees. Increased public awareness about actions that can protect plant health have a demonstrable effect on preventing introductions and halting the spread of pests and diseases.This can include people taking extra care when buying plants, complying with regulations when bringing plants or plant products back from abroad, or washing their shoes after visiting a woodland so as not to risk spreading disease further.
To do we want to ensure that everyone:
Over the last 10 years we have undertaken a range of activities to support this work, which includes education, training, and citizen science work. In addition we have run numerous campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of plant health and biosecurity. These have been targeted at the general public and other key audiences.