Global project T20Q launches
Launching on World Forestry Day is T20Q – a global project that allows everyone to have a say about issues of importance in forestry and landscapes.
nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
SilviFuture grows
SilviFuture – the network promoting novel forest species – continues to go from strength to strength. The number of records of stands of trees stands at 873 today.
Celebrating 350 years of John Evelyn’s Sylva
Gabriel Hemery celebrates 350 years of John Evelyn’s Sylva in the science journal Nature. Read the full . . .
Calling woodland owners – help wanted in ash dieback research
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?
Two Woodland Archaeology Workshops – 21st and 22nd March
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…
Working with the RSPB to support sustainable woodland management
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.
First copies of The New Sylva arrive from the publishers
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 upgraded
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!
Sylva Scholar article wins RFS James Cup
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 . . .
Celebrating the 350th anniversary of Evelyn’s Sylva
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.