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5. Ash dieback fungus

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Derek Mooney investigates if British wildlife can be protected from invisible intruders like ash dieback fungus? From 2016.

When trees infected with the ash-dieback fungus were first recorded in the UK in 2012, there was widespread alarm.

By 2016, are we closer to knowing what the final toll will be on our ash trees?

With an uncertain political future, how do we limit the risks posed by other invisible invaders?

Derek Mooney intends to find out.

Telling the stories of non-native invasive species and our complicated attitudes to them and with an uncertain political future, how do we police our ecological borders?

Producer: Ellie Sans

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in August 2016.

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Fri 19 Jul 2024 09:30

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