Sylva contributes to BBC debate
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.
nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Forestry could be deregulated
The Forestry Regulation Task Force has been set up to look at whether and how the regulatory burden on forest-based business and woodland owners in England can be reduced.
OneOak tree and human history
The OneOak tree germinated the same year as The Times was first published, by the Battle of Trafalgar was as tall as a two story building, was 47 years old when Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands …
Tree barcode game and competition
We have created a Tree Barcode Game where you need to become a dendrochronologist, or a tree-time scientist, and tell us the answers to six questions.
175th wood-using business signs up on myForest
Today the 175th business signed up to the free myForest map-based business directory.
OneOak tree planting shanties
Musician Sarah Morgan visited Willowcroft Community School, one of our OneOak partner schools, to practice and record two tree planting songs.
Oak tells a story
An article about the research activities undertaken in our OneOak project has been published in the Chartered Forester magazine. Dowload a copy.
OneOak project in Edinburgh
Our OneOak project is on a roadshow to Edinburgh from 14th -16th January. There will be a talk on Friday 14th at NRS, and a two day exhibition at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh over the weekend.
OneOak story told in Living Woods magazine
Our OneOak project is featured in a four page spread in the current issue of Living Woods magazine.
TreeWatch pilot success
We have now finished the pilot phase of our newest initiative TreeWatch. We are now looking forward to launching the project in full during 2011. We will have some exciting news regarding our partners and the subjects for our scientific surveys.