Transcript Ash Dieback Disease Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint, 4488 Kb)

Ash Dieback Surveillance
Paul Gardiner
Forest Service
Overall Survey
800 Sites Surveyed
222 From Initial Survey
578 From Current Surveillance Work
418 Forest Service Sites
81 Urban/Amenity Planting
45 Roadside Planting
16 Public Plantations
10 Private Gardens
7 Hedgerow/Farm Planting
1 Nursery
Current Surveillance Work
578 Sites Surveyed
127 Sampled
95 Forest Service Sites
14 Roadside Trees
13 Urban/Amenity Sites
4 Private Gardens
1 Nursery
Survey Work
Survey carried out by trained inspector using handheld GPS device
GPS device captures:
Site location
Survey data
Site type (forest, amenity etc.)
Sign or symptoms of disease
Whether a site was sampled
Sample location (if necessary)
Ash Dieback
Chalara fraxinea
John Finlay
Plant Health & Horticulture Inspectorate
DARD Agri-food Inspection Branch
Ash Dieback in Northern Ireland
•First outbreaks confirmed in NI in Mid-November 2012 on recently planted
ash (11/12) at five sites.
•General surveillance continuing and trace forward work
•Recently planted woodland – 22 outbreak sites (14 from trace forward)
•Amenity/Roadside Plantings – 2 sites
•Nursery/trade findings -2
Action on Confirmation of Infection
•Statutory Plant Health Notice Issued
•Two main purposes:
– Containment of disease on site
– Eradication of disease on site
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No movement of plant material/soil off infected site
Requirement to destroy infected ash
Biosecurity requirements to be implemented
No replanting with ash at site
Action on confirmation of infection (continued)
•Removal of plants including roots, and leaves
•Disposal by deep burial / incineration
•Forest Service has provided assistance to landowners in the removal
/disposal process.
•Ongoing monitoring of surrounding area (buffer surveys)
•Trace back / forward – further inspections/surveillance
Ash Dieback Legislation – Plants
The Plant Health (Amendment No.3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
came into force 26 October 2012
Ash imported/moved must come from a pest free area (currently none
established)
Effective ban on imports/movement of ash plants (&seeds) for planting
Intra-EU trade in ash will require plant passports
Ash Dieback – DARD Actions
Implementation of Legislation
•Surveillance for pathogen in production/trade/plantings
•Outbreak containment/eradication
-Required for any case to establish a Pest Free Area
•Registration/inspection of businesses to allow plant passporting of ash
•Inspections of passported material
Plant Passport
•Plant material which hosts the most serious (“quarantine”) pests and diseases requires a
plant passport to facilitate its movement within the EU.
•Certification by grower/trader that plants are free from quarantine pests/diseases
•Consists of a label or label/delivery note, invoice with certain information:
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The phrase “EC Plant Passport”
Country code eg, UK/NI, NL
Business registration number
Serial, week or batch number
Botanical name of plants
Quantity of plants
ZP code if needed (protected zone)
Ash Imports and Forestry Grant
Schemes
Ben Searle
Forest Service
Imports of ash wood and bark
• After consulting stakeholders we found that there
are regular imports of ash logs for manufacturing
purposes, mainly hurley sticks, and for fire wood
• As a potential pathway for the disease, it is an
unacceptable risk
• The Plant Health (Wood & Bark) (Amendment)
Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 was made
Landing Conditions
• The wood shall ;
(a) be accompanied by an official statement that it originates in an
area or areas known to be free from Chalara fraxinea or
(b) be squared so as to remove entirely the rounded surface; or
(c) be bark-free and the water content is less than 20% expressed as
a percentage of the dry matter; or
(d) if sawn, with or without residual bark attached, have undergone
kiln-drying, to below 20% moisture content, expressed as a
percentage of dry matter, achieved through an appropriate time /
temperature schedule, and there shall be evidence of that kilndrying by a mark “Kiln dried” or “KD” or another internationally
recognised mark, put on the wood or on any wrapping in
accordance with current usage”
Forestry Grant Scheme
•Temporary suspension of grant aid for new ash planting
from 6 December 2012
• Other species can be substituted. This needs to be
done in agreement with Forest Service.
• New planting agreements have been prepared
without an ash component
•Forest Service is currently preparing advice on what
additional support may be made available to assist
landowners to replant trees following compliance with a
statutory plant health notice
Ash Dieback
Reporting and Awareness
Sharon Cabecinha
Plant Health and Horticulture Inspectorate
Agri-food Inspection Branch
Where to get information?
www.dardni.gov.uk/ash-dieback
www.dardni.gov.uk/ash-dieback
Links on this page to:
oLegislation
oBiosecurity guidance (for advice on working in forests/woods).
oQuestions and Answers
Information Page on Ash Dieback
(Forestry Commission Website)
Confirmed findings 17th January 2013
Reporting Symptoms...
How you can help us
o Report suspicious sightings
o Email: [email protected]
o Phone: Sharon Cabecinha 028 90 524990
o DARD Helpline 0300 200 7847
Increasing awareness ...
Mountain Bike Poster
Tree Health Biosecurity Poster
Questions