Carbon footprint website launched
A new website has been launched for the Wood Footprinter Methodology and Toolkit Research Project. Sylva is a main partner in the project.
email newsletter launched
We are pleased to announce the launch of an email newsletter service. We have always provided subscription to our blog and publication feeds via RSS but some market research told us that very few people use it, or even know what it is (RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication). So we have now enabled anyone…
5000 hectares of woodlands mapped on myForest
Sylva’s myForest Service continues to go from strength to strength. This month the total area of woodlands mapped by woodland owners or agents exceeded 5300 hectares. It was also exciting to see woodlands in Northern Ireland appearing on the webmap for the first time, together with further interest in Scotland.
OneOak tree was 222 years old
Our original estimate that the OneOak tree was about 160 years old was very inaccurate. Dendrochronology research has revealed that it first grew from its acorn in 1788, making it 222 years old when it was felled in January 2010.
Furniture students start working with OneOak schools
Students from Rycotewood Furniture Centre, part of Oxford & Cherwell College, have started working with our five OneOak partner schools. Over the next few months they will be working closely with the same children who had watched the OneOak tree being felled last January, to design and build outdoor furniture for each school, made from…
Developing a carbon footprint calculator for the woodchain
The Sylva Foundation is working with Best Foot Forward and TRADA on a new research project for the Forestry Commission.
Sylva Scholarship launched
Sylva Scholarship launched with University of Oxford:- healthy trees and productive forests.
OneOak 2010 prize winners
The winners of our 2010 OneOak competition visited the Blenheim woodland today to receive their prizes. Would you know how much a whole oak tree weighs? Over the summer the Sylva Foundation invited people to guess the weight of a massive oak tree, the OneOak tree felled in January this year, as part of their…
4000 hectares and counting
Interest in the myForest service continues to to grow, with the addition of another 1000 hectares of woodlands this month. We were particularly encouraged during September to see new woodlands being added in Wales, the north of England and in Scotland. We hope that our recent promotional efforts at the APF2010 will have raised awareness…
For he’s a Fellow
Sylva’s CEO, Dr Gabriel Hemery, has been promoted to Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF). Gabriel has been active in the ICF, being technical co-ordinator for a national conference and writing the proceedings for three of them (2008, 2009 and 2010). He has acted as examiner for professional membership examinations for a number…