Scottish Forestry Resilience Knowledge Exchange Webinar: Bark Beetle Resilience

In this resilience seminar, we will be hearing from two leading experts on the recent bark beetle epidemic experienced in Germany and Czechia. We will explore the factors that led to the epidemic population levels, and the impact it has had on the forest resource and industry.

We will then hear about the lessons learnt and the actions that can be taken to reduce risk. Forest Research will then give us a UK perspective and an update on current bark beetle research.

Agenda

Welcome and introduction – James Nott MICFor
Context and background – what turned an endemic population into an epidemic – Marcus Lindner, Head of Resilience Programme, European Forest Institute & Tomáš Hlásny, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Science
Impact – the scale of the epidemic and impact on the forest resource and industry – Marcus Lindner & Tomáš Hlásny
Lessons learnt – what we can do to reduce risk – Marcus Lindner / Tomáš Hlásny
UK perspective and update on current research – Dr Max Blake, Head of Tree Health – Entomology, Forest Research
Q&A – Dr Flora Donald, Tree Health Policy Officer, Scottish Forestry
Thanks and close – James Nott MICFor