We are looking forward to exhibiting at the APF 2010 show between 23-25 September.
The APF is the forest industry’s showcase and typically attracts over 15,000 visitors. Read more.
With thanks to our partners ConFor for allowing us to share their stand (Stand I 1&2 – next to the PoleClimbing) to jointly promote the myForest service.
ShareToday a major milestone was met by our myForest Service when the area of woodlands mapped exceeded 3000 hectares across the country. This represents only a small proportion of woodlands in Britain (about 0.1% of the 3 million hectares of forest) but this is a promising sign that the service is viewed as a valuable tool by woodland owners.
Since its launch in April this year, we have witnessed growing awareness and interest in the myForest Service. Our vision to reconnect the woodchain across Britain is certainly ambitious and it will not be possible to achieve this without the support of the sector at large. It is very exciting to witness the daily increase in support and adoption by woodland owners and forestry businesses.
We are indebted to all our partners and supporters for their support, and not least all the woodland owners (about 200 to date).
Share
Ed Coate
Ed Coate is working with the Sylva Foundation and the Oxfordshire Woodland Project to deliver the Southern Oxfordshire LEADER project. The project is aiming to enhance the forestry sector in Southern Oxfordshire and has been supported by a LEADER grant. Read more about the project
Ed has an extensive background in woodland and land management, working to promote biodiversity and heritage landscapes for BTCV, and managing woodland for timber, firewood and shooting at the Glympton Estate and at Grove Wood, Faringdon. Prior to this, he has worked with environmental think-tank Green Alliance, helping to organise their publications, and galvanising his interest and knowledge about renewable heat and sustainable biofuel.
Ed has a degree in English Literature from Edinburgh University, and a PGCE in secondary English teaching from Sussex University. During five years of teaching English to children, teenagers and adults, he promoted awareness of environmental concerns alongside good grammar, etc., before realising it was time to work in the environmental sector, and outside of a classroom.
ShareJudges for the Royal Forestry Society’s excellence in forestry award 2010 decided that the outright winner was Bladon C of E Primary School near Woodstock for their work in the OneOak project with the Sylva Foundation.
The children and school will be presented with the award at the Bentley Wood Fair near Lewes on Friday
17 September.
The children really enjoyed talking about what they had done to a very interested audience. They were at ’stations’ around the class room and the judges just chose who they wanted to speak to first, then each of the visited to each pair. The children would have felt very aggrieved if they hadn’t! The children said:
Read more about the Royal Forestry Society Excellence in Forestry Award.
Kathy Norman
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 before spending three years in the oil industry and eight years in the paper industry, in both technical and supply chain roles. During this time she developed interests in looking at how to optimise the use of our natural resources, that are increasing under pressure.
Share
Sylva Annual Review 2009-10
We have published our Annual Review for the year 2009-10. It is available for download as a pdf.
ShareThe Tree Council, one of our partners in TreeWatch, has published an article encouraging volunteers to get involved. You can read it here
ShareAn article about myForest was published in the Forestry Commission’s South East news this month. You can read it here
Share
SYLVA at the CLA Game Fair
SYLVA would like to thank Nicholsons for providing SYLVA and myForest with a space on their stand at the Country Land & Business Association Game Fair.
This year’s CLA Game Fair was held at Ragley Hall, Warickshire from the 23rd – 25th July. Following the game fair there has been an upsurge in woodland owners and estates signing up, so much so that the area of woodland mapped nationally on myForest has passed the 2000 hectare mark, with over 120 woodland owners signed up.
Share
 Registered Charity 1128516. Company limited by guarantee 06589157. Copyright © 2009-10 Sylva Foundation. All rights reserved. |
Sylva Foundation, Manor House, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RA Tel: 01865 408018 |
