Taking the 'defect' out of tree risk-benefit assessment

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Taking the 'defect' out of tree risk-benefit assessment has been published in the spring edition of the Arboricultural Association's Arb Magazine. You're welcome to download a pdf copy from the News page of VALID's website.

 

Here's the introduction to whet your appetite.

 

"We’ve grown up being told that when we assess tree risk we should be looking out for tree ‘defects’. The problem with this approach is what are commonly labelled as defects often aren’t defects at all"