Profile: Dr Terry Mabbett

Dr Terry Mabbett

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Wanted to become a forester but ended up as a pest, disease and weed control specialist. Now applying knowledge and experience gained to the field of forestry. BSc (Hons) Agricultural Botany and Dip Ed University of Wales; MSc Technology of Crop Protection University of Reading; PhD Tropical Plant Pathology University of the West Indies. Extensive periods working in The West Indies, West Africa, South and South East Asia and with most tropical tree crops including: rubber, coffee, cocoa, tea, oil palm, coconut, banana, citrus, mango and avocado. Wide ranging interests within both forestry and arb. Has a mission to improve knowledge and understanding for men and women on the forest floor about insect pests and diseases, and clearly the main immediate threat to UK forestry and arb. Continues to maintain a healthy scepticism of what the establishment has to say on this subject. Rebel with a cause.

Latest articles from Dr Terry Mabbett

Ips cembrae, the large larch bark beetle, is a bark-boring beetle native to Europe which principally attacks European larch

Pests and disease Ips cembrae: implications and consequences for UK forestry and further afield
Ips cembrae made headlines recently, after a small number of bark beetles were intercepted in pheromone lure traps in the west of Scotland.

Holly berries are often bright red and ripe looking by November, although the birds won’t touch them until the New Year when the bitter principle they contain has broken down.

Tree of the month The fascinating story of how holly and ivy became associated with Christmas
The festive season’s iconic symbols are explored through poetry, prose and music.

OPM (oak processionary moth) was found in 2006 on imported oak trees planted in West London

Forestry Commission tailors involvement to an evolving OPM situation
The Forestry Commission has been completely hands-on in its attempted eradication and later containment of this alien invasive insect pest.

Extracting Norway spruce sawlogs on a private estate in West Sussex.

Tree of the month With Ips typographus here, could Norway spruce be banished from Britain?
As the Forestry Commission responds to the establishment of Ips typographus, this much-loved species’ days on our landscape may well be numbered.

So many species of birds have been shown to thrive among the trees

Wildlife The species of birds that thrive in Sitka spruce plantations
The public perception of Sitka stands is lifeless blocks of dark, dense woodland, devoid of wildlife.

Timber production is claimed to be an integral part of CCF, but indications are that it is much more difficult to carry out.

Tree of the month Analysing the pros (and underreported cons) of continuous-cover forestry
In a break from the standard format for Tree of the Month, we present an analysis of the continuous-cover approach to forest design and management.

Winged fruits (samaras) of sycamore, modified for wind-dispersal, are instrumental in allowing the species to colonise substantial areas of ground.

Tree of the month Sycamore will be the saviour of English woodlands
While it has long been derided as a nuisance by foresters across the British Isles, circumstances are conspiring to transform sycamore’s reputation.

Forestry Commission contractors harvesting superb Norway spruce in the Surrey Hills, March 2015.

Tree pests and diseases Assessing the indications and implications of Ips typographus on Sitka spruce
What could the future hold for Sitka spruce – and, by extension, the UK’s commercial forestry landscape – now that the eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) has finally taken its first bite?

It was published with a promise to cause controversy in the conservative world of construction.

Book review Timber! – How Wood Can Help Save the World review: 'A highly manageable book'
How does this manifesto for the much bigger role wood and forestry could play in tackling the climate crisis stack up?

This holm oak planted some twenty years ago when this North London shopping plaza was built was appropriately and tastefully ‘pruned and sheared’ to suit the situation.

URBAN TREES Trees and concrete: An irresistible force meets a rigid object
Trees causing problems for concrete infrastructure – and vice versa – is often viewed as an unavoidable fact of life.

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Dr Terry Mabbett

Latest articles from Dr Terry Mabbett

Pests and disease Ips cembrae: implications and consequences for UK forestry and further afield
Ips cembrae made headlines recently, after a small number of bark beetles were intercepted in pheromone lure traps in the west of Scotland.

Tree of the month The fascinating story of how holly and ivy became associated with Christmas
The festive season’s iconic symbols are explored through poetry, prose and music.

Forestry Commission tailors involvement to an evolving OPM situation
The Forestry Commission has been completely hands-on in its attempted eradication and later containment of this alien invasive insect pest.

Tree of the month With Ips typographus here, could Norway spruce be banished from Britain?
As the Forestry Commission responds to the establishment of Ips typographus, this much-loved species’ days on our landscape may well be numbered.

Wildlife The species of birds that thrive in Sitka spruce plantations
The public perception of Sitka stands is lifeless blocks of dark, dense woodland, devoid of wildlife.

Tree of the month Analysing the pros (and underreported cons) of continuous-cover forestry
In a break from the standard format for Tree of the Month, we present an analysis of the continuous-cover approach to forest design and management.

Tree of the month Sycamore will be the saviour of English woodlands
While it has long been derided as a nuisance by foresters across the British Isles, circumstances are conspiring to transform sycamore’s reputation.

Book review Timber! – How Wood Can Help Save the World review: 'A highly manageable book'
How does this manifesto for the much bigger role wood and forestry could play in tackling the climate crisis stack up?

URBAN TREES Trees and concrete: An irresistible force meets a rigid object
Trees causing problems for concrete infrastructure – and vice versa – is often viewed as an unavoidable fact of life.

Dr Terry Mabbett

Latest articles from Dr Terry Mabbett

Pests and disease Ips cembrae: implications and consequences for UK forestry and further afield Ips cembrae made headlines recently, after a small number of bark beetles were intercepted in pheromone lure traps in the west of Scotland.

Tree of the month The fascinating story of how holly and ivy became associated with Christmas The festive season’s iconic symbols are explored through poetry, prose and music.

Forestry Commission tailors involvement to an evolving OPM situation The Forestry Commission has been completely hands-on in its attempted eradication and later containment of this alien invasive insect pest.

Tree of the month With Ips typographus here, could Norway spruce be banished from Britain? As the Forestry Commission responds to the establishment of Ips typographus, this much-loved species’ days on our landscape may well be numbered.

Wildlife The species of birds that thrive in Sitka spruce plantations The public perception of Sitka stands is lifeless blocks of dark, dense woodland, devoid of wildlife.

Tree of the month Analysing the pros (and underreported cons) of continuous-cover forestry In a break from the standard format for Tree of the Month, we present an analysis of the continuous-cover approach to forest design and management.

Tree of the month Sycamore will be the saviour of English woodlands While it has long been derided as a nuisance by foresters across the British Isles, circumstances are conspiring to transform sycamore’s reputation.

Book review Timber! – How Wood Can Help Save the World review: 'A highly manageable book' How does this manifesto for the much bigger role wood and forestry could play in tackling the climate crisis stack up?

URBAN TREES Trees and concrete: An irresistible force meets a rigid object Trees causing problems for concrete infrastructure – and vice versa – is often viewed as an unavoidable fact of life.

Pests and disease Ips cembrae: implications and consequences for UK forestry and further afield
Ips cembrae made headlines recently, after a small number of bark beetles were intercepted in pheromone lure traps in the west of Scotland.

Tree of the month The fascinating story of how holly and ivy became associated with Christmas
The festive season’s iconic symbols are explored through poetry, prose and music.

Forestry Commission tailors involvement to an evolving OPM situation
The Forestry Commission has been completely hands-on in its attempted eradication and later containment of this alien invasive insect pest.

Tree of the month With Ips typographus here, could Norway spruce be banished from Britain?
As the Forestry Commission responds to the establishment of Ips typographus, this much-loved species’ days on our landscape may well be numbered.

Wildlife The species of birds that thrive in Sitka spruce plantations
The public perception of Sitka stands is lifeless blocks of dark, dense woodland, devoid of wildlife.

Tree of the month Analysing the pros (and underreported cons) of continuous-cover forestry
In a break from the standard format for Tree of the Month, we present an analysis of the continuous-cover approach to forest design and management.

Tree of the month Sycamore will be the saviour of English woodlands
While it has long been derided as a nuisance by foresters across the British Isles, circumstances are conspiring to transform sycamore’s reputation.

Book review Timber! – How Wood Can Help Save the World review: 'A highly manageable book'
How does this manifesto for the much bigger role wood and forestry could play in tackling the climate crisis stack up?

URBAN TREES Trees and concrete: An irresistible force meets a rigid object
Trees causing problems for concrete infrastructure – and vice versa – is often viewed as an unavoidable fact of life.