T20Q – join our second phase of a global survey
2,500 questions from 104 countries have been indexed in 7 themes. Can you help by voting on questions you think are of greatest importance in forestry and landscapes?
2,500 questions from 104 countries have been indexed in 7 themes. Can you help by voting on questions you think are of greatest importance in forestry and landscapes?
Small Woods Association and Royal Forestry Society membership offers, launched earlier this year, are still available through myForest.
The Silvifuture database was highlighted in this week’s launch of the RFS Conifers for Conifers project – promoting resilient and productive forests
On Sunday our Chief Executive Gabriel Hemery was interviewed by BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz on BBC Radio Oxford. He talked about forests and the work of the Sylva Foundation, and The New Sylva book which was released in the US last week.
The Oxfordshire Woodland Group are now seeking to recruit a person to undertake administrative duties for The Group. Duties include preparing Trustee meeting agendas & minutes of meeting, maintaining the Group bank account, preparing the annual Charities Commission submission, arranging Group visits & lectures, maintaining the Group membership data base, acting as a focal point…
For the fourth academic year in a row, Sylva has supported a DPhil student in the Department of Plant Sciences with the Oxford–Sylva Foundation Graduate Scholarship. Current Oxford-Sylva Scholar Louise Hill, now in the second year of her DPhil, was interviewed recently . . .
Grown in Britain week (read more) was launched at an event on Monday at the House of Lords, attended by Sylva’s CEO Gabriel Hemery. We have extended our British Woodlands Survey and invite anyone who has not yet taken part to do so. We have launched a special Christmas offer in our shop – perhaps…
Until the end of November we are offering a free pack of five cards with every signed copy of The New Sylva ordered from our online shop.
Participation in the British Woodlands Survey 2014 so far has been excellent – some 520 people have taken part representing 5% of the area of plantations on ancient woodland sites. The survey is open for one more week . . .
Sylva’s education manager is taking an active role in bringing the worlds of education and forestry closer together to revive Britain’s wood culture by working with the Forest Education Network.