nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
If you manage trees in England, whether in an urban or rural setting and at any scale, from large woodlands through to individual trees, we want to hear your views on a range of potential tree health policies and interventions. This is a chance for you to help shape future support from government.
CEO receives the Peter Savill Award for contributions to British forestry industry.
We are delighted to welcome Jim Waterson as a trustee of the Sylva Foundation.
We have published our Trustee’s Report and Independent Accounts for the year 2019-20.
An independent report released today highlights that those who care for woodlands and forests across Britain are increasingly aware of the threats from environmental change, especially drought, wildfires, and pathogens, such as ash dieback and acute oak decline, yet there’s little evidence of action being taken overall to improve woodland resilience.
Recently, Sylva Foundation CEO Dr Gabriel Hemery was interviewed by Tom Barnes, Director of Vastern Timber, about Wood Culture. They discuss public perspectives of forestry and the need to create affinity between society and the natural world.
We’re delighted to welcome George Dennison to Sylva as a new member of staff taking up the new role of Forester
We’re delighted to announce the development of a major new project. Working in partnership with the Forestry Commission and the Woodland Trust, the Sylva Foundation is delivering a Woodland Creation Test and Trial to support the development of Defra’s Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.
We are looking for an exceptional and early-career Forester to join our dynamic small team.
The British Woodlands Survey 2020 (BWS2020) has been launched and remains open until the end of June. In this new survey, researchers want to understand awareness, action and aspiration among Britain’s forestry community to environmental change.