We have now finished the pilot phase of our newest initiative TreeWatch. We are now looking forward to launching the project in full during 2011. We will have some exciting news regarding our partners and the subjects for our scientific surveys.
Interest and growth in the myForest service continues to be encouraging. At the end of November a total of 6000 hectares had been mapped by 225 woodland owners across Britain and Northern Ireland.
One of the first wooden products from the OneOak tree is now being made by green woodworker Rodas Irving.
The Sylva Foundation is a now a charity registered in Scotland.
Our TreeWatch Project recently featured in a national newspaper in an article published in the Mirror.
Our Chief Executive, Dr Gabriel Hemery, is talking on BBC Radio Oxford on Sunday morning.
Children from all our OneOak partner schools have completed their next design workshop with students from Rycotewood Furniture Centre.
The image management system of myForest has been given a major overhaul. Woodland owners can upload and manage photos of their woodlands and woodland agents and business users can upload logos for use on the site. Users can now upload images in PNG, GIF or JPEG format and large images are resized for efficient use.
Sylva’s CEO Dr Gabriel Hemery is giving a talk on Monday 29th November at Oxford’s Botanic Gardens.
Farmers and landowners in south Oxfordshire are being encouraged to join a project to improve the management of their woodlands. Oxford Times, November 4th 2010.
