About Sylvan Consulting Ecologists








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	Sylvan Consulting Ecologists is available for plant and soil survey work during the field season (April - September), and for literature surveys and mapping work throughout the year. Educational walks and talks in local woodlands are also possible throughout the year.
	Clients and funding agencies in the past have included: • Private landowners • National Parks and Wildlife (formerly Dúchas), the Irish governmental conservation body, • Forest Service of Ireland • The Heritage Council of Ireland • Coillte • Private forestry companies • Universities • NGOs such as County Nature Trust, Co Cork. Key areas of research: • Vascular plant inventory • Bryophyte identification • Forest structure assessment • Woodland management planning • Phase 1 habitat mapping • Forest Stewardship Council assessments • Public opinion surveys • Mapping (GIS) and map research.
	Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) is a woodland specialist you might see in the spring. All photos by Sasha Bosbeer. Please contact Sylvan Consulting Ecologists for permission to use any images from this website. Photo credit required.


	Sylvan Consulting Ecologists is the registered business name of Dr Sasha Bosbeer, a forest ecologist specialising in European native woodlands. Dr Sasha Bosbeer has been based in Ireland since 1995. Sylvan Consulting Ecologists is available to carry out • surveys of both vascular plants and bryophytes, • plant community mapping and spatial databases (GIS), • public opinion surveys, • forest management planning, • literature surveys, and • ecological data analysis. Sylvan Consulting Ecologists have surveyed native downy birch woodlands in Ireland Educational forest walks or talks with slides for all ages are also available. And we can help facilitate groups working on collaborative projects or starting new initiatives. When you hire Sylvan Consulting Ecologists, you benefit from • More than a decade of experience in forest assessment and management planning, • Expertise acquired at Yale University in the US, the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, and the National University of Ireland, Galway, and on a myriad of forest visits in Siberia, Finland, the Netherlands, France, Crete, Mexico, Ecuador, Canada, the US, and of course Ireland. • Professional ecological expertise which is confirmed by membership in the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.