Why does loss matter? An ethnographic analysis of the responses to Dutch Elm Disease and Ash Dieback

英国的特雷弗受到了几种疾病的威胁。这项研究将集中在两种疾病上：荷兰榆病(DED)，在研究中导致大多数成熟榆树死亡的疾病将集中在东苏塞克斯榆树保护区及其周围地区，东苏塞克斯榆树保护区包含英国唯一的老榆树种群。目的是调查为什么白蜡树和榆树的损失对参与DED和ADB相关保护的人很重要，并探索一个核心问题：DED和ADB相关的保护试图保护什么？树木是否被保护为：文化遗产、栖息地、稀有和/或金融资产？

The UK's treescape is threatened by several diseases. The research will focus on two diseases: Dutch Elm Disease (DED), which killed the majority of mature elm trees in The research will centre on the East Sussex Elm Protection Zone, which contains the UK's only population of veteran elm, and the surrounding area. The aim is to investigate why ash and elm's loss matters to those involved in DED and ADB-related conservation and to explore a central question: What are DED and ADB-related conservation trying to conserve? Are trees being protected as: cultural heritage, a habitat, a rarity and/or a financial asset?