New research has been published which finds that the cost of addressing Ash dieback is estimated to be 15 billion. This cost dwarfs that from the live plant import trade which was the original source of the disease.

The predicted costs arise from clearing up dead and dying trees and in lost benefits provided by trees, e.g. water and air purification and carbon sequestration. The loss of these services is expected to be the biggest cost to society, while millions of ash trees also line Britain’s roads and urban areas, and clearing up dangerous trees will cost billions of pounds.

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