nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Today ConFor – England signed up as the 200th entry on the myForest map-based forestry directory. The free directory promotes local businesses and connects the woodchain by providing woodland managers and businesses with a means to link with each other in their locality and beyond. Additionally, the general public can use myForest to find local…
Sylva’s CEO, Dr Gabriel Hemery, will be interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford this Sunday 20th February. The major topic is likely to be the Government’s recent withdrawl of their proposals to sell the public forest estate in England.
Our CEO, Dr Gabriel Hemery, was interviewed recently for the Living Planet programme on German world radio Deutsche Welle. Listen to the Living Planet programme.
myForest users can now print maps using a new feature available on their account pages. The feature allows users to print your area maps overlaid on an OS background layer. This uses the new OS Openspace system, which we aim to incorporate throughout the site in the near future.
Sylva’s CEO, Gabriel Hemery, will be cycling 15 miles through London and visiting three inner city schools to plant trees on 23rd March. He is one of thirty tree professionals who aim to raise money to support important research to battle Acute Oak Decline. He is looking for sponsors to help him reach, and hopefully…
The planting of a new oak forest in our OneOak project was featured in the Oxford Mail, on Tuesday 1st February.
One hundred guests, including children from our partner primary schools, returned to the site where the OneOak tree was felled one year ago to celebrate and to plant a new oak forest.
Rodas Irving’s beautiful commemorative garden bench has been completed. Rodas hand-carved some lettering on the bench for his client. Read more about Rodas Irving’s work in the OneOak project Visit Rodas Irving’s blog
Sylva scholar research work gets underway in the woodlands of Oxfordshire
Our Chief Executive, Dr Gabriel Hemery, appeared on the BBC Newsnight Programme on Wednesday 26th, in a film about the Government’s proposal to sell elements of the public forest estate in England.
