Sylva’s CEO Dr Gabriel Hemery was invited to speak at an international conference organised by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation, held in Bangalore in India. It was part of the UN’s activities supporting the International Year of Forests.
The conference was on the subject of the Art and Joy of Wood – Rediscovering wood: the key to a sustainable future. It aimed to tackle the cultural dimension of wood that is rarely explored or discussed. About 350 delegates attended from all corners of the world.
Gabriel Hemery speaking at The Art and Joy of Wood conference in India, October 2011
Gabriel’s talk, entitled Recovering Britain’s Wood Culture, outlined the cultural divide between people’s love of trees and of wood, yet an unwillingness to accept the need to manage woodlands for their wood. He presented an overview of Sylva’s myForest Service and OneOak project.
His paper will be published in the Conference Proceedings, alongside others. We will publish a link when available.
