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Forestry
Coillte to buy new lands in a ‘responsible way’
Noel Bardon
Coillte is planning on growing its base by 100,000ha of new forestry over the coming decades.
21 April 2024 News
Galway clearfell refusal sets 'dangerous precedent'
The Irish Forest Owners expressed concern that the entry of local authorities into forestry decision-making may disproportionately burden small-scale operators.
10 April 2024 Forestry
Department to review some of Coillte's land sales
Coillte is to seek clarification on it having to notify the Department of land sales over €150,000 in value.
Coillte denied permission to fell and rewet forestry land in Galway
The 343ha site of lodgepole pine and Sitka spruce is currently managed for commercial forestry.
9 April 2024 News
Quantifying non-market benefits of forestry
As members of the public make 29 million visits to Irish forests annually, is there a case for quantifying this public good aspect forestry, asks Donal Magner.
3 April 2024 Forestry
Good science must shape our forest future
A properly funded, co-ordinated forest research programme and research centre is required to meet the challenges facing Irish forestry, writes Gerhardt Gallagher.
24 March 2024 Forestry
Irish Times has a 'Teddy Bears' Picnic' moment
Coillte, of course, has no intention of sundering its longstanding and very profitable association with Sitka spruce.
20 March 2024 Dealer
New chair of Coillte appointed
The position of chair of Coillte is for a period of five years.
14 March 2024 News
New €34m biodiversity project will use farm scheme data
The new LIFE Strategic Nature Project will create a bespoke database to underpin biodiversity decision-making in Ireland.
6 March 2024 News
National Tree Week 2024 kicks off
This year will see Coillte once again donate 150,000 tree saplings to local community groups and schools for planting as part of National Tree Week. Niamh Murphy reports.
4 March 2024 Forestry
Getting research into practice
Recent presentations by UCD postgraduate research students poses questions about the need for a national forestry research centre to improve efficacy of projects, writes Donal Magner.
31 January 2024 Forestry
Watch: wind farms – a lot more than meets the eye
The Irish Farmers Journal visited the recently completed Lenalea wind farm in Donegal to see what makes them tick.
25 December 2023 Renewables