Sylva Scholar Louise Hill, studying the consequences of Chalara ash dieback in British woodlands (read more), is looking for some woodland sites in the south of Britain where she could set up some experiments. If you are a woodland owner, perhaps you could help her?
WOODLAND ARCHAEOLOGY Training Workshops with John Morris of the Chilterns Woodland Project There is a choice of two days to attend this one day course: Friday 21st March 2014 or second day Saturday 22nd March 2014 This popular one day course will include an illustrated talk, a guided woodland visit to see features found in…
Sylva staff recently met with members of the RSPB Woodland and Reserves team at a small woodland reserve in Buckinghamshire. Discussions centred on how more active and productive management could improve the woodland for biodiversity as well as bringing in a small amount of income to offset running costs.
The first bound copies of The NEW SYLVA have been sent to the authors by Bloomsbury Publishing. Author Gabriel Hemery wrote about the experience of unwrapping the first copy on the book’s blog . . .
SilviFuture marked Climate Week by unveiling a new-look for its free knowledge-sharing database for woodland growers wanting to identify and plant resilient tree species – and has launched an appeal for added data!
An article by Sylva Scholar, Kirsty Monk, on Cord-Forming Fungi in British Woodlands has been awarded a prize by the Royal Forestry Society. Written by . . .
During 2014 the Sylva Foundation is supporting a number of activities across the UK to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the publication of John Evelyn’s Sylva in 1664.
As part of a number of developments to the SilviFuture network we have added a facility to allow people to share their thoughts and experiences on novel forest tree species.
We’re pleased to annouce the launch of two major updates to the myForest service. The management planning template that links with Forestry Commission England is now live, and we have completely updated the mapping tools to create a simple yet fully functional online GIS.
Good Woods visits to a cluster of small ancient woodlands in West Berkshire have helped four woodland owners address the issues associated with bringing small ecologically-rich woodlands back into management.