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THE ECONOMICS OF AFFORESTATION
AND MANAGEMENT IN IRELAND:
FUTURE PROSPECTS AND PLANS

Climate Change

Emissions of greenhouse gasses is causing climate change. Deforestation (loss of forest cover) is one of the major contributors to climate change and currently accounts for 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

However the forestry sector provides a range of opportunities to mitigate rises in greenhouse gas emissions including:

In an Irish context this results in: