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Status Orange HIGH National Forest Fire Risk Warning in place until Wednesday July 20th Landowners and the public should avoid all outdoor fires and other open ignition sources. All land owners urged to obey restrictions in place for land burning. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have issued a Status Orange, &hellip
Coillte’s new strategic vision for forestry will see the redesign of 30,000 hectares of peatland forests by 2050 through a programme of rewetting or rewilding. Peatlands are valuable natural habitats and are also an important carbon sink, with drained or damaged peatlands emitting significant amounts of greenhouse gasses globally. Our Wild Western Peatlands project is &hellip
A new EU project ‘LIFE Insular’ focuses on sand dune areas at four stunning Irish coastal locations. LIFE Insular will work to protect and conserve precious sand dune ecosystems in partnership with local communities and interested groups. Coillte Nature and The National Parks and Wildlife Service are partnering with Universidade de Santiago de Compostela in &hellip
Coillte has commenced public consultation on its strategic vision for its future forest estate Coillte’s new and ambitious vision aims to sustainably balance and deliver the multiple benefits of Ireland’s state forests across four strategic objectives: climate, nature, wood and people. Members of the public are invited to submit their views on Coillte’s strategic vision &hellip
Record revenues of €422m and EBITDA of €159m Largest ever Coillte dividend to State of €30m New Forestry Strategic Vision launched Friday 29 April 2022. Having recently launched its new Forestry Strategic Vision, Coillte today announced its annual results in respect of Financial Year 2021. The strong financial performance in 2021 was driven &hellip
In late March, the Coillte Nature team went on a research and knowledge-sharing visit to CAFRE Hill Farm in Co. Antrim. This is a really fantastic resource, one of several campuses for the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, at Glenwherry, about a 20 minute drive north of Belfast city. Our reason to visit &hellip