What is the point of trees?
To learn more about trees on the long list, and some of the criteria being used, check out the trumps-like card game https://arboretum-arena.wood.properties/
There are current projects for England (see here and here) and Wales (here) to make shortlists of future productive tree species based on a range of criteria. Find the report on the Scottish species shortlist here:
https://www.forestry.gov.scot/publications/future-productive-species-scotland.
You can also get involved in citizen science, helping Forest Research keep a lid on tree pests and diseases via TreeAlert
Thanks for being interested in the show!
Dan