myForest has launched a major sharing update, allowing all users to initiate property shares and introducing new role-based permissions for better team collaboration. myForest is a flagship project for the Sylva Foundation. Our mission is to combine forestry expertise with information technology to provide innovative solutions to the environmental challenges facing modern society. By providing…
We are pleased to announce another exciting collaboration between Sylva Foundation and the Forestry Commission, supporting woodland creation across England through the provision of historic environment data layers in myForest. myForest users can now access the ‘Historic Environment Opportunity Map for New Woodland’, which was launched by the Forestry Commission last year. The composite layer…
Knowing what is growing in your woodland is of critical importance for sustainable woodland management. For the uninitiated, the multitude of technical terms for the different sorts of data that can be recorded, and the different ways in which individual trees and stands can be measured, may seem daunting. We’ve created this guide to simplify…
We’re excited to be working with Forest Research on an exciting new project called Living Layers, to investigate how woodland structure influences biodiversity. Living Layers is a new project added to the line-up in Forest Lab, part of myForest. It is aimed at woodland owners and managers. By sharing basic information about their woodland, researchers…
Sylva Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of the UKFS Checker tool. UKFS Checker is designed to enable woodland owners and managers throughout the UK to carry out a sustainability self-assessment of their woodland stewardship. An intuitive and informative tool which is built into myForest, the UKFS Checker has been designed as an easy to use introduction to the complexities of the UKFS.
We are delighted to announce a collaboration between Sylva Foundation and the Forestry Commission to support woodland creation across England. From today, myForest will provide access to more information about the historic environment which will enable users to consider historic environment data at an early stage when developing their plans.
The myForest team are excited to announce the latest enhancement to the myForest user interface. The mapping tools have been relocated to the right of your screen for easier access to key mapping features. The menus for base maps and data layers now stay docked to the right of your screen, avoiding the issue of…
An innovative new project known as Biodiverse Farm Canopies (BFC) has been launched to support biodiversity uplift in England’s woodlands. By enhancing woodland condition through effective long-term management plans, owners can generate valuable biodiversity units, opening a new revenue stream while contributing to local nature recovery.
For the third year in a row Paul Orsi, Sylva Foundation’s Director of Operations, donated two days of his time to support undergraduates and those on degree level apprenticeships at Harper Adams University. The focus this year was on woodland creation (as part of a wider Forestry Module) and Paul was able to show the…
The myForest team were delighted to be asked to speak in the ConFor tent for a talk titled ‘Linking the wood-chain through collaboration and technology’