About Action Oak
In a nutshell Action Oak is an initiative to protect our oak trees.
Our roots stem from a plant health and biosecurity meeting hosted at Highgrove in 2016, where representatives from charities, landowners and government identified a need to act to protect oak trees from both current and impending threats to their health and survival. Action Oak launched in May 2018 at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, with our initiative and coordinated plan to identify and tackle the issues facing our native oak trees.
Action Oak’s vision is for a UK where our native oak trees are protected and flourish, both now and in the future.
We work with partners on our mission to lead the vital work and research
needed to protect the UK’s native oak trees and safeguard their future.
Our mission is to lead the vital work and research to protect our native oak trees and safeguard their future.
We work with partners on our mission to lead the vital work and research needed to protect the UK’s native oak trees and safeguard their future.
"Together we can protect our oak trees for future generations"
— Sarah Jeffrey, Action Oak
Our guiding principles
Action Oak’s values and guiding principles include:
– Protecting our native oaks for future generations
– Being collaborative, innovative and committed in our research
– Sharing findings with practitioners to grow healthier, stronger trees
– Raising public awareness and appreciation of our native oaks and the important role they play in our landscapes as a habitat for wildlife
Acorns on a UK native oak tree
UK native oak tree
Action Oak’s values guide our work to be collaborative, innovative, and committed to our evidence-based scientific research.
Raising awareness for the UK's native oak trees and the important role they play in our landscapes. We work hard to share findings with practitioners to help grow healthier, stronger trees.
Action Oak partnership activities
The programme of activities which the Action Oak partnership has identified to protect oak trees includes:
- Working with owners and managers of oak trees and woodlands to help to protect the trees from a range of threats
- Funding research to improve our understanding of the threats to our oak trees and to inform best management practices
- Using established professional and citizen science networks to record changes in the distribution, age and health of our oak trees to identify priority areas for action
- Encouraging organisations to join the Action Oak partnership and people to support Action Oak
To protect our oak trees, we need your support.
We need more partners, more funding, more sponsorship, plus your time, your expertise and contacts.
If you would like to support Action Oak, please contact the Action Oak partnership.
Support us
Action Oak brings together representatives from charities, landowners and government to develop a coordinated plan to identify and tackle issues threatening our native oak trees.
With your support, Action Oak will protect our iconic trees for future generations.