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Read the latest plant and tree health news from the Forestry Commission. Sign up to the plant health newsletter to receive up-to-date forestry trade news.

• From: Forestry Commission
• Published: 26 September 2018
• Last updated: 17 September 2026
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  1. 17 September 2026

     Added a link to sign up to plant health newsletters.

  2. 12 May 2026

     Added 'Plant health news – April 2026'.

  3. 13 February 2025

     Added Plant Health News - February 2025.

  4. 26 September 2024

     Added Plant Health News issue 52 - September 2024.

  5. 10 July 2024

     Added Plant Health News issue 51 - June 2024.

  6. 23 April 2024

     Added Plant Health News issue 50 - April 2024.

  7. 25 January 2024

     Added newsletter from January 2024

  8. 29 November 2023

     Renaming the September newsletter to October.

  9. 28 November 2023

     Addition of Plant Health Newsletter issue 48 - September 2023.

  10. 9 May 2023

      Added: Plant Health and Forest Reproductive Material News issue 47 - April 2023.

  11. 8 March 2022

      Plant Health News issue 46 added

  12. 30 November 2021

      Added to the collection: Plant Health and Forest Reproductive Material News issue 45 - November 2021

  13. 29 September 2021

      Added Plant Health News issue 44 - September 2021

  14. 10 June 2021

      Addition of Plant health news issue 43 - June 2021.

  15. 3 June 2021

      New issue of Plant Health News has been added.

  16. 18 February 2021

      Addition of Plant health news issue 41 - February 2021

  17. 8 December 2020

      'Plant health news issue 40 - December 2020' has been added to this page.

  18. 4 October 2019

      'Plant health news issue 39 - September 2019' has been added to this page

  19. 27 August 2019

      'Plant health news issue 38 - August 2019' has been added to this page. This newsletter contains information on new landing requirements for wood products produced from all species of Walnut (Juglans spp) and Wingnut (Pterocarya spp) originating in the USA where the Thousand Cankers Disease is present.

  20. 3 April 2019

      Update of February newsletter to take into account EU Exit changes.

  21. 6 March 2019

      The 'Plant health EU exit newsletter - February 2019' has been added to this page. This newsletter contains information on the implications of leaving the EU without a deal, including on plant health controls on importing and exporting wood, wood products, isolated bark and wood packaging material.

  22. 26 September 2018

      First published.

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