As part of our outreach work, we have been providing support to undergraduates on the Rural Enterprise and Land Management, Rural Property Management and Environmental Land Management degree courses, at Harper Adams University in Shropshire
Last week, Paul Orsi, Sylva Director of Operations, and Harper Adams alumni, offered two days to support undergraduates. As part of their Forestry Module, students have to design a new woodland, making sure they take into account factors such as designations, soil and future climate scenarios. Paul demonstrated how myForest could help design their new woodland spatially using the mapping tool, in addition to understanding woodland creation considerations using the woodland creation plan embedded into myForest. As part of this work Sylva Foundation has provided access to paid account plans for all of the students while they work on their assignment.
“We really appreciate the contribution which the Sylva Foundation makes to our forestry modules at Harper Adams. Not only do they provide face to face tuition and access to myForest but our students tell us that they feel more confident in expressing their ideas around woodland creation after these sessions. Thanks to Sylva Foundation for being such an important part of encouraging young people into woodland management at Harper Adams.”
Nick Covarr Lecturer in Forestry & Woodland, Harper Adams
“I love getting out and talking to the next generation of land managers. We hope myForest can help them to design the well thought through sustainable woodlands we need for the future and be able to take those skills into practice when they have graduated.”
Paul Orsi, Sylva Foundation