Key Priorities and Recommendations

• Build awareness in the sector (including forest managers, felling contractors and hauliers) to look out for and report suspect trees.
• Refine detection and surveillance methodologies.
• Keep contingency plan updated on basis of latest information and experience gained in eradicating Kent population.
• Maintain links with European researchers to parameterise models that inform contingency planning and outbreak management.
• Research the likely behaviour in Scottish conditions.