nurturing a wood culture, growing a future
Kathy Norman will be working with the Sylva Foundation over the next few months. She is studying for a Post-Graduate Diploma in Natural Resources Management at Cranfield University and will be working on her dissertation, looking at the effect of proposed Government subsidies for woodfuel on UK woodland management. Kathy studied chemistry at Oxford University…
We have published our Annual Review for the year 2009-10. It is available for download as a pdf.
The Tree Council, one of our partners in TreeWatch, has published an article encouraging volunteers to get involved. You can read it here
An article about myForest was published in the Forestry Commission’s South East news this month. You can read it here
Our stand at Art in Action at Waterperry seemed to attract a lot of interest. We received a good write up in the Oxford Mail and local papers (despite the typo of our name). Read more
Nicholsons kindly provided SYLVA with a space at their stand at the CLA game fair held at Ragley Hall, Warwichshire from 23rd – 25th July.
Our stand at Art in Action at Waterperry attracted a lot of interest. We received a good write up in the Oxford Mail and local papers (despite the typo of our name). Read more
We asked people to identify the most important questions facing forestry:- 480 people helped turn 1600 questions into a Top Ten. The results have been published in a journal.
Craftsman and traditional green woodworker Martin Damen has been busy carving one of the first items to be made from the OneOak tree. He agreed to hand carve a bowl from one of its mighty branches and to donate it as a prize for our Guess the weight of the tree competition (read more). The…
We are delighted to launch our latest initiative today: TreeWatch. TreeWatch is a ‘citizen science’ project that aims, with the help of the public, to keep a watchful eye on the health of trees across Europe. It is being launched as a pilot for 2010 in partnership with the Tree Council and Earthwatch, and in…
