Agenda item

Conference – Pests and Diseases – In answer to a question, the Director of Open Spaces advised the Committee that a joint conference with the Forestry Commission had been held at Guildhall on Pests and Diseases that were relevant to trees in London.  She stated that over 200 delegates had attended the event which had been opened by the Chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee and the Head of the Forestry Commission.

The Chairman advised that this had been an interesting conference and that many messages had been received requesting information on what could be done to prevent the diseases spreading.