Sylva Foundation
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The Sylva Foundation is an environmental organisation focusing on trees and forestry established in 2006, and registered as a charity in England and Wales in 2009 [1] and with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator in 2010.[2] The organisation was co-founded by Sir Martin Wood and Dr Gabriel Hemery.[3] Its office is at the Sylva Wood Centre in Long Wittenham in Oxfordshire, England.
Sylva Foundation is a national charity supporting sustainable forest management. Sylva Foundation's main programmes are Forestry, Education, Science, and Wood.[4]
In 2013, 20 hectares (12 acres) of land near Long Wittenham was gifted to the charity.[5] In 2016 the charity moved its main office to the site and established the Sylva Wood Centre, which provides a hub for small businesses and craftspeople who design, innovate or make in wood.[6] In 2017 the Sylva Foundation created the Wittenhams Community Orchard [7] and Future Forest [8] on its land.