Ten years ago, in March 2009, Sylva Foundation was first registered as a charity. Our small dedicated team seems to be busier than ever, so we’re not celebrating in any major way other than adding the dates to our logo during our tenth year.
An article by Sylva Scholar, Kirsty Monk, on Cord-Forming Fungi in British Woodlands has been awarded a prize by the Royal Forestry Society. Written by . . .
Our Annual Review for 2013 has been published online. It can be downloaded in various versions, including an interactive page-turning version …
This week we launch a refurbished version of our weekly Newsletter.
It features a new section dedicated to myForest users, and will be sent to directly to all those using the service currently (and who opt in) – about 1000 woodland owners and agents.
The one thousandth woodland has been mapped on myForest service website. The total area mapped now exceeds 17,000ha across Britain, with a few Irish woodland owners having signed up over recent months. These statistics tell us that the average woodland size is 1.47ha. In reality of course, from more in depth analysis we know that…
We have launched a new suite of websites aiming to create a stronger cohesion between our three main project websites, and with our main website.
We have now completed our first quarter since becoming a charity in late March. It has been an eventful and rewarding three months, with many of our ideas beginning to turn into reality. Some of our most major developments are still some months away, but now may be a good time to review our progress…
Sylva plants ‘message’ trees at Wood Festival – May 2009 Our Director of Forestry, Alistair Yeomans, gave a tree talk and then, with the help of the festival goers who braved the rain, planted 10 special ‘message trees’ to celebrate Oxfordshire’s woodlands. The Wood Festival was held at Braziers Park for the second year running. …
We are pleased to be supporting the Institute of Chartered Foresters by co-sponsoring their national conference in Cardiff on 22/23 April 2009 on the topical subject of Landuse and forestry.
Sylva Foundation germinates as a new forestry charity