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In Portugal, in partnership with Reforest’Action, Sylva Nova has been contributing for several years to the conversion of abandoned land into forest areas or to the restoration of ecosystems destroyed by the too frequent fires in the country. The rising of temperatures in the Iberian Peninsula has obvious disastrous consequences. With peaks of temperatures close […]

On February 7, Sylva Nova was present, for the second consecutive year, along with representatives of the Jane Goodall Institute Belgium and Luminus for the 2021 edition of their national operation “Forest in One Day”. For this “Covid proof” edition, the actions of plantation could not be organized with the participation of the public. But […]

Discover in the latest ReforestAction Mag 5 initiatives that should make a difference for forests by 2030: https://www.reforestaction.com/en/blog/five-initiatives-favor-worlds-forests-2030

Reforest’Action has been a reference partner of Sylva Nova for several years. In particular, Pierre Hermans collaborates with Reforest’Action as a consultant, specialist in European projects. His role is to identify, evaluate and implement projects for the reforestation or restoration of damaged forests throughout Europe, and sometimes beyond. In its latest Mag, Reforest’Action interviews Pierre […]

On September 3rd, the television channel RTC made a topic dedicated to the consequences of the drought on our forests. It is with great pleasure that Sylva Nova welcomed it again on site to concretely approach this problem.   In Neupré, it is an ash forest weakened by several consecutive years of hydric stress which […]

In December 2019, we analysed the situation halfway through the 2019-2020 season. At that time, we estimated that 750,000 to 800,000 new trees were to be planted. Since then, right in the middle of the plantation period, Covid-19 has made its way into our lives.  Despite impacting us in so many visible ways, with many […]

In the late 1970’s, the FAO (The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) established March 21 as the ‘International Forest Day’. Its objective: to inform the public about the numerous ways in which our forests benefit us, so that they can be recognized and appreciated at their true value.   In this period […]

On 2 February, Sylva Nova was present alongside representatives of the Jane Goodall Institute Belgium and Luminus to launch the 2020 edition of the Forest In One Day operation. In Tinlot, nearly 3,000 trees were planted in a single day by a large number of volunteers who were not at all discouraged by the rain […]

On January 16th, it is with great pleasure that we welcomed a team from the RTBF on the site of the Avister forest in Esneux.   On the program: sumptuous landscape made of a sea of clouds at the ‘Roche aux faucons’, visit of the forest and explanations on the program adopted to give it […]

We stated this clearly in September 2019: the new season  would be a very busy ‘new forest year’ for Sylva Nova. And as we move into 2020, the figures show this to have been the case. The 2019-2020 reforestation season, as mandated to Sylva Nova, will amount to some  750,000 new trees to be planted; […]