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Damage and clean up cost of fires €1.3M in 2020 Almost all forest fires are man made The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine has issued a Status Yellow forest fire warning nationwide from March 1 until September 1 – the traditional fire outbreak season in Ireland. With warmer and dryer Spring weather, &hellip
70% of Irish adults say forests are more important during Covid – providing a mental and physical wellness boost 3/4 of Irish adults have pleasant childhood memories of visiting their local forest with family or friends and picnicking 22 March, 2021: A Coillte commissioned RED C survey* to celebrate National Tree Week, March 21 &hellip
2.2 million visits to Coillte’s most popular local forests since March, 2020 Top ten forest locations include: Dublin, Monaghan, Kildare, Wexford… Date: 16 February, 2021 Coillte reveals visitor numbers to some of its most popular recreational forests have doubled to tripled since lockdown began last year, depending on location. Overall, visitor numbers to the &hellip
Works have started once again as part of the Dublin Mountains Makeover. 2021 will see a number of harvesting and replanting operations take place across the Dublin Mountains. Harvesting works will include a mix of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) and R&R (Remove & Replant with native woodland). We know these operations can be disruptive. There &hellip
Forward looking businesses are increasingly looking for opportunities to make a real impact on the climate change and biodiversity emergency. We are very excited to be working with Bank of Ireland on developing an innovative new product which aims to create new native woodlands at scale right across Ireland for people and for nature. Development &hellip
Due to a number of incidents of trees blowing down across the main road in Ticknock, it is necessary to remove additional trees either side of the road over the next few days. This is to ensure the road is not blocked for access to the masts and to ensure everyone’s health and safety, especially &hellip