New woodland owner benefits from Good Woods visit
Sonia Hutton-Taylor recently bought a small woodland, fulfilling a long-held dream to own a woodland. Sonia received a Good Woods visit from Paul Orsi under the Good Woods initiative and . . .
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New Sylva Scholar starts research on ecosystem consequences of ash dieback
Our second Sylva Scholar has started her research at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, funded partly by the Sylva Scholarship. Louise Hill, who was an undergraduate at Oxford before completing an MSc in Applied Ecology and Conservation at the University of East Anglia, has returned to Oxford undertake a DPhil research project…
Grown in Britain film released
Grown in Britain has released a wonderful film following the story of tree to table. It shows the harvesting of an ash tree at the Cranborne Estate in Dorset, grown with continuous cover silviculture under supervision of SelectFor, its conversion by Tyler Hardwoods, design by Benchmark into a table and benches, and finally its inclusion…
The British domestic firewood supply chain – report published
A summary report of a survey undertaken during 2012 of the domestic firewood supply chain has been published. 336 actors responded from 69 counties. Moving towards universal standards and improved clarity of terminology were seen as important but would require a nationwide strategy.
Good Woods provides support to National Trust property
Good Woods advisor, Paul Orsi (Sylva Foundation) visited the National Trust owned Ashdown Estate this week to discuss the future management of woodlands that surround the 17th Century Ashdown House. Paul was invited by Richard Jackson, who manages the estate, and Andy Foley the resident Ranger. The woodlands at Ashdown estate are a very prominent…
Woodland Star Rating presentation at FC and Defra woodland management seminar
At the end of last month Alistair Yeomans of the Sylva Foundation was invited to give a presentation to members of Forestry Commission England and Defra on the Good Woods project. The purpose of the seminar was to provide an overview of a number of recent projects that aim to assist efforts to bring more…
Good Woods supports landscape-scale thinking at Bracknell Forest
As well as some great work being undertaken in individual woodlands, a Good Woods advisor identifies opportunities to work more strategically across woodlands in one Borough Council to support sustainable forest management
Good Woods working with Surrey Wildlife Trust
As part of the Good Woods project, Alistair Yeomans of the Sylva Foundation contributed to a woodland management seminar organised for staff of the Surrey Wildlife Trust.
A golden woodland
A talk at the Small Woods skill share weekend revealed among the audience the proud owner of a Gold Standard woodland under the Good Woods project …
Latest news in creating The New Sylva
The New Sylva book, due for release in April 2014, is nearing completion. The copy-editor writes about her experience working on the book …