Our Annual Report is out! 

Here, you can find an update on the Action Oak supported research. Action Oak works with partners to fund the vital research and monitoring needed to better understand the threats facing the UK's native Oak trees, enabling our partners to devise real solutions that allow us to safeguard the survival of our Oaks for generations to come. 

Head to the Resources page or download the pdf below to read the report in full. 

Woodland Heritage | Job Description

Action Oak Programme Leader

About Us

Woodland Heritage (www.woodlandheritage.org) is a unique charity (no. 1041611) uniting tree people to “put something back” and to contribute to the proper management of British trees. We are also one of the leading partners in a new, collaborative public-private initiative called Action Oak (www.actionoak.org). 

Tree Week Social Media Giveaway with Pikku Publishing

Please head over to our Instagram & Facebook Page to get involved with our giveaway running 28th November 2022 - 5th December 2022.  

An exciting opportunity to work with Action Oak and Woodland Heritage.

We are looking for a graduate to join us to work to promote both Action Oak and Woodland Heritage, on the Royal Forestry Society -  Forestry Roots funded role.

Please see full job details and the application form here: https://rfs.org.uk/jobs/communications-assistant-herefordshire/ 

MSc/PhD Studentship Opportunity: Genetic characterisation of oak (Quercus spp.) for breeding and conservation

26th February 2021

Online event

Our Oak woodlands host more species than any other native woodland. In partnership with Smallwoods  we have invited a great range of speakers to discuss everything from best practice management of Oak woodlands, oak pests and disease all the way through to why it is important as a timber product.

Book Here:

https://www.smallwoods.org.uk/en/training-and-events/events/

Reducing the impact of climate change and other environmental stresses on oak tree health

Key Research Gaps and Questions: 1) How will the health of the UK’s oak trees fair in a changing climate and with other escalating environmental stresses? 2) What interventions can be used to safeguard the health of oaks, and protect the valuable ecosystem services they provide?

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation’s International Year of Plant Health aims to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health is beneficial to humans, health and the economy. As a way of contributing to this objective, Defra launched a new digital social media campaign called “Healthy plants, healthy minds” on Instagram and Facebook, to seek to inspire more people to appreciate houseplants, gardening and their benefits in supporting mental health and wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown.

While carrying out routine targeted inspections of oak trees in June 2019, a Government plant health inspector noticed something amiss – recently planted trees imported from the Netherlands were infested with oak processionary moth (OPM) caterpillars.