nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
The Forestry Commission and Natural Resources Wales (NRW) are advising owners to extend their vigilance to ash trees planted up to 20 years ago as a part of work to develop further our under- standing of the impact of the disease on ash of this age. Large quantities of ash were imported from parts of…
Forestry Commission England has just announced timescales for applying for and receiving grant funding under the current eWGS system.
The Royal Forestry Society is inviting applications for the full-time post of Education Programmes Manager to develop and deliver educational initiatives that meet ….
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Orsi to a new position in Sylva, as Director for Forestry & Rural Enterprise. Paul joins us from Blenheim Palace where …
Following a successful course in 2011, Sylva has again teamed up with the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, to hold a one day course. It will be held on November 30th 2013. Online booking is now open.
Sylva scholar Kirsty Monk, has co-authored a paper published in the Royal Forestry Society’s journal out this month, describing the role and importance of the lesser known group of ecosystem engineers in British woodlands; cord-forming fungi. With fellow author Gabriel Hemery, they examine the extent of our fungal knowledge and discuss their implications for forestry in the future.
We are delighted to announce that a consortium, led by Oxford University and supported by Sylva, has secured funding from the European Union’s Life+ programme for a €1.95 million project. The five year project is called NaturEtrade, and will involve creating a marketplace for ecosystem services. We will soon issue a full press release about…
Our Annual Review for 2013 has been published online. It can be downloaded in various versions, including an interactive page-turning version …
Last week the Good Woods project was at the Royal Norfolk Show. Network member Nicky Rowbottom shared a stand with the Forestry Commission. The weather was great, the event was busy. There was lots of interest in the Good Woods project which is offering free support to woodland owners in the region.
Our CEO Dr Gabriel Hemery was an invited speaker at the opening of the Chilterns Box Woodland Project last Friday. He talked about his forthcoming book The New Sylva, marrying together old wisdom with modern concepts on the silviculture of box.