Dangerous trees?

Arboricultural Journal 2007, Vol. 30, pp. 95103

 This is the published version of a paper prepared for a conference on The Future of Tree Risk Management, held in London on 15 September 2006.

 Abstract
Britain, in the view of former Prime Minister Blair, is in danger of having a wholly disproportionate attitude to the risks we should expect to run as a normal part of life. The result is a plethora of  rules, guidelines, responses to ˜scandals of one nature or another that ends up having utterly perverse consequences. My introduction to the world of tree risk management in Britain leads me to the conclusion that it is disproportionately risk averse and is having utterly perverse consequences. Read full article (PDF)