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As an ash became a spoon

26 October 2015 Last updated at 10:43 GMT

What can be done from a tree with his own hands?

In many parts of the world, the ash has for centuries used for anything from ax handles on wheel and even the first car.

Now Ash is threatened - by a disease called ash dieback and a beetle called emerald ash borer.

Rob Penn has just written a book - we can use on our relationship with the tree, and.

We shot that ashes thrown 70 feet in the Black Mountains of South Wales - to keep a portion of their forest management efforts to ashes and other trees thrive there.

Produced by Matthew Price BBC Today program.

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