Glen o’ the Downs land at centre of campaign was previously sold by Coillte
NGOs and locals want Government to buy back land that State forestry company sold
NGOs and locals want Government to buy back land that State forestry company sold
Rich countries told they must close ‘emissions gap’ before the key 1.5 degree target is lost
Increases in extent and severity of forest wildfires most notable across vast areas of the northern hemisphere and undermines their critical role in storing carbon
Country lagging behind in green construction when it could help meet housing demand, FII tells Oireachtas group
TCD researchers to also pinpoint which species best clean air and eliminate smog
‘You could over-complicate it,’ Joe Devine says. ‘This is about reversing the drainage of a bog, and seeing what benefits are going to emerge’
Even the most common butterfly in Ireland ‘has declined in numbers by 83% since 2008’, says a leading expert
Well-managed forests on the right kinds of soil sequester and store carbon, extracting damaging carbon dioxide from our atmosphere
Sale comprises 660 acres of mature forests distributed across six counties
11 plots distributed across Wicklow, Kildare, Louth, Westmeath, Donegal, Galway, Cork and Waterford
State-owned forestry body views stalled Connemara project as a pilot site for an ambitious plan to restore 30,000 hectares of bog along the west by 2050
Industry needs scale to climate targets, says lobbyist
An EPA-commissioned review identified a need for 875,000 more hectares of forest by 2050, or roughly 33,000ha per year. That’s more than double the area existing today
Pippa Hackett says State isn’t yet capable of coping with wolves amid debate over protection of the predators
Industry group warns MEPs and officials of regulations’ impact
The ruins of Dangan Castle near Summerhill in Co Meath sit on 236 acres of tillage, grassland and forestry
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