Recent developments in urban tree management



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Dr Mark Johnston, Myerscough College

Mark is Research Fellow in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry at Myerscough College. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters, a Chartered Arboriculturist, and Fellow of the Institute of Horticulture. He has 40 years’ experience working with trees in the public, private and voluntary sectors. He has initiated several major urban forestry projects in Britain and Ireland and has extensive international experience. He was the main author of the government’s 2008 report entitled Trees in Towns II, and has acted as an advisor on urban tree management to the European Commission. In 2007, Mark was appointed MBE in recognition of his services to trees and the urban environment. In 2009, he became the first British person to receive the Award of Merit from the International Society of Arboriculture, the highest honour it can bestow for services to arboriculture and urban forestry.