Today, the media picked up on the importance of the scientific paper which I revealed yesterday, which calculates the economic cost of ash dieback in Britain to total £15 billion. Read More
Ash dieback paper kindles national interest
Brave botanist who fell off the edge of the world
It was great to see my book Green Gold featured in The Daily Mail’s book section today, and a celebration of John Jeffrey as an ‘astronaut of the age’. Read More
BBC Costing the Earth
The Future of Forestry is the theme of today’s Radio 4 environmental programme Costing the Earth. I was interviewed by . . . Read More
Talking resilient woods on BBC Radio
I was interviewed recently about work I am helping lead on the British Woodlands Survey with the Sylva Foundation— this year exploring adaptation to environmental change. The piece was featured this morning BBC Radio 4 Farming Today. Read More
Featured in Books of the Year list by Mail on Sunday
The New Sylva features in Top Books of the Year by the Mail on Sunday. The New Sylva – A Discourse of Forest and Orchard Trees for the 21st Century by Gabriel Hemery and Sarah Simblet (Bloomsbury). An unparalleled understanding of our trees, updating John Evelyn’s 17th-century Sylva, the first comprehensive study. Mail on Sunday, 30th… Read More
Interview with Will Gompertz on BBC Radio
I’m looking forward to being interviewed this morning by BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz on BBC Radio Oxford. I will be talking about forests and the work of the Sylva Foundation — the Oxfordshire-based charity I co-founded five years ago — and The New Sylva which was released in the US this week. Will’s programme starts… Read More
BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking: Wood and Trees – War and Remembrance
I joined Paul Gough and Gail Ritchie to discuss the meaning of trees and wood in war and peacetime for BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking. Read More
BBC Radio Oxford interview
An interview on BBC Radio Oxford today about the Sylva Foundation’s new initiative TreeWatch and other projects. Read More
Interview on BBC Radio this morning
I am being interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford this morning: http://wp.me/pRuGn-zS Read More
Deutsche Welle Radio interview
I was interviewed for a programme on Deutsche Welle Radio to discuss the UK Government’s proposals to sell England’s publicly-owned forests. Read More
Film interview for BBC Newsnight
A filmed interview for a BBC TV Newsnight programme – part of a featured debate on the Government’s plans to dispose of the public forest estate in England. Listen to my full interview. Read More
BBC Newsnight debate on public forest sell-off
There will be a film broadcast, on the BBC2 Newsnight programme, about the proposed sale of the public forest estate in England. The film will feature a range of interviews from different stakeholders, including myself, prior to a studio debate. Update … the film was broadcast on Wednesday 26th January. See here. Gabriel Hemery
