Speaker: Steve Cox

Steve has over 35 years’ experience of dealing with trees, having worked as a forest manager in Africa and the Pacific and then as an arboricultural officer for the Borough of Poole in Dorset, where he was leader of its arboricultural team for five years. Steve will talk about trees in urban areas and how they improve the environment. Steve will discuss the effects of pollution and climate change, the trees that could be the most affected and what the landscape may look like in the future. Finally, Steve will look at trees that are of special interest in Dorset.