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Reforestation

Reforestation

Reforestation What is reforestation? Reforestation is the replanting of your forest after a clear-fell. Once your forest is clear felled there is a legal obligation to replant, and this must be considered before the trees have been felled in terms of cost. Forestry Services Ltd has many years’ experience replanting and maintaining reforestation sites to […]

100 Million Trees Project

100 million trees project

100 Million Trees Project   We at Forestry Services Ltd are currently 12 projects into the 100 Million Tree Project & have been responsible for the planting of 37,200 Native Trees throughout the country. As mentioned, these small areas of woodland will create areas of biodiversity, habitat creation & carbon sequestration into the future for […]

Tree Felling Licences (TFL) and the Woodland Improvement Scheme (WIS) in Irish Forestry

TFL

Tree Felling Licences (TFL) and the Woodland Improvement Scheme (WIS) in Irish Forestry   Forests, with their majestic trees and diverse ecosystems, are invaluable natural resources that provide numerous ecological, economic, and recreational benefits. In Ireland, forestry plays a pivotal role in sustaining these vital advantages, and at the core of responsible forest management lie […]

Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme (KTG)

KTG

  Knowledge Transfer Group Scheme   The Forestry KTG, is a scheme funded by the Dept. of Agriculture and has the aim of increasing the level of forest management activity among participating forest owners. It consists of attending 7 classes/events, overseen by a qualified forester. The topics covered will be set by each group at their first […]

Native Tree Area Scheme (NTA)

The Native tree Area Scheme (NTA)   The Native tree Area Scheme (NTA) is for the creation of small native woodlands on farms.  There are two types of forest that can be established, each can be up to 1ha in size, comprising numerous individual plots with the minimum plot area being 0.1ha.  The NTA scheme […]

Minister Hackett opens Native Tree Area Scheme

Native tree area scheme

Minister Hackett opens Native Tree Area Scheme under Ireland’s new Forestry Programme 2023-2027 The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, has today announced the opening of the Native Tree Area Scheme under Ireland’s new 2023-2027 Forestry Programme. The Minister stated: “I am delighted to announce the opening […]

The Forestry Option

Forestry option

The Forestry Option With the release of the forestry programme, many farmers will be weighing up the option of planting some land.  For many this is a good idea and makes clear financial sense. The afforestation grant covers the costs of establishing and maintaining the forest for the first 4 years The forestry premium is […]

Press Release

forestry

Ministers McConalogue and Hackett launch best funded and most environmentally sustainable Forestry Programme for the period to 2027   Today, Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, and Minister of State for Land-use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, welcomed the opening of the Afforestation Scheme under the new Forestry Programme 2023 – […]

New Forestry Forwarder Training Course Launched

Forestry training

New Forestry Forwarder Training Course Launched Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board (CMETB), in conjunction with Teagasc Ballyhaise Agricultural College, has launched a new forestry forwarder training course. The course is supported by Skills to Advance, a national initiative by SOLAS, that provides upskilling and reskilling opportunities to employees in jobs, as well as equipping them with […]