Future Trees Trust
History
The British and Irish Hardwoods Improvement Programme (BIHIP) was established in 1991 with the aim of improving and increasing the stock of hardwood trees in Britain and Ireland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.futuretrees.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=30&Itemid=28|title = Home}} It was renamed the Future Trees Trust in 2008.http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1103202&SubsidiaryNumber=0 {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}
The Future Trees Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales,{{Cite web|url=http://www.futuretrees.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&layout=category&task=category&id=30&Itemid=28|title = Home}} and Ireland. It is supported by a network of organisations, and has six species groups that lead research on: ash, birch, cherry, oak, sycamore, and walnut.{{Cite web|title=Hardcore Elite Elm Squad Ready to Mobilise and Save the UK Countryside|url=https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/12/hardcore-elite-elm-squad-ready-to-mobilise-and-save-the-uk-countryside/|website=Gizmodo UK|language=en|access-date=2020-05-27}} In 2019 and 2020, it helped plant 3,000 ash trees in England to establish the Ash Archive. The archive consists of trees that have demonstrated resistance to the fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-51149350| title='Resistant' trees planted in Hampshire in ash dieback fight| date=17 January 2019|work=BBC| access-date=15 October 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.futuretrees.org/ The Future Trees Trust website]
- [http://www.coford.ie COFORD]
- [https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/ Forest Research]
Category:Environmental organisations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Environmental organisations based in Ireland
Category:Trees of the United Kingdom
Category:Forestry in the United Kingdom
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