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Please note that as part of the recent CLA restructuring the counties of the East Midlands region have been divided between the new CLA East region and the new Midlands region. Consequently, existing news releases from the East Midlands are now only available on this website as archived articles. Members based in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire are now part of CLA East and should go to CLA East News for releases in their region. And members in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland are now part of the Midlands and should go to Midlands News for releases in their region. Free guide offers tree safety advice A free guide giving advice on tree safety has been produced for farmers and landowners in the Midlands. Common Sense Risk Management of Trees, published by the National Tree Safety Group (NTSG), provides guidance for inspecting and maintaining trees as well as an overview of health and safety obligations.
Forestry expert Mike Seville, who works for rural watchdog the CLA, was involved in compiling the new guide. He said: "This handbook cuts through the hype and emotion that so often surrounds tree safety and identifies the real risk that trees pose to public safety, which is in fact extremely low.
"It proposes reasonable and pragmatic guidance that should allow landowners and managers to feel comfortable that they are discharging their legal and moral responsibilities."
Research commissioned by the NTSG has shown that fatalities as the result of tree failure are extremely rare, averaging just six per year. The likelihood of being killed by a tree is one in 10 million as compared to one in 16,800 of being killed in a road accident.
Mike added: "When it comes to non-fatal injury, you are 40 times more likely to be injured by a wheelie bin than a tree. By contrast the benefits that trees deliver to society are well documented and increasingly appreciated."
A copy of the new guide is available to download at: http://tinyurl.com/d3nyfur or by telephoning the Forestry Commission on 0844 991 6500. |
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