Navigating the Teagasc Forestry Roadmap: Mobilising Ireland’s Timber Potential
Tom Houlihan of the Teagasc Forestry Development Department joins Róisín McManus and Deirdre Glynn on this episode of the Environment Edge podcast to discuss ‘Navigating the Teagasc Forestry Roadmap: Mobilising Ireland’s Timber Potential’.
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The Teagasc Forestry Roadmap to 2030 describes the current sectoral profile within the Irish forestry sector which continues to evolve and represents an increasingly important resource for rural economies and at national level.
The national forestry area extends to an estimated 815,000 hectares (ha), representing 11.8% of the total land area, with an even distribution between public and private forest ownership.
Since 1980, over 24,200 individual private forest owners have accessed grant aid to establish their forests with 82% of the new forests established by farmers.
Results of a mid-term review of the current Forestry Programme 2023-2027 by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) are imminent. Work is now commencing on the development of the next Forestry Programme post 2027 and strategic input to which will also be key for the sector going forward.
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