The concept of agroforestry can seem intimidating. Breaking it down: agro- (Greek, means “field”) and forestry (Latin, means “the outside woods”). Having the literal definition is just the starting point, now what does agroforestry actually mean? Here, Trinity College Dublin PhD candidate Kathleen Conroy explains a little bit more on the concept. Agroforestry is a type of multi-use land management which combines the forestry and agriculture industries. Under agroforestry, lan

Kathleen Conroy, our ForES PhD at Trinity College Dublin, writes a potted history of Irish forests, when and why deforestation on a major scale began - & when the comeback started... It can be hard to imagine that counties Meath, Louth and Limerick were covered in forests at one time. In fact, most of Ireland was forested about 9,000 years ago. Looking at pollen records, plants became established in Ireland approximately 13,000 years ago with trees arriving 9,600 years ago (M

The Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage/ National Parks & Wildlife Service has launched a public consultation on Ireland’s 4t

“Ecosystem services” are broadly defined as the benefits people derive from nature. In the case of forestry, these benefits include raw mate

In his keynote address to the second National Biodiversity Conference at Dublin Castle on June 8&9, the Taoiseach Micheál Martin pledged...

Ministers Noonan and Hackett launch initiative supported by KPMG, Gas Networks Ireland, Bord na Mona and Coillte at National Biodiversity...

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm...

Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD has announced a new biodiversity conference that will mark a key...

Natural Capital Ireland held our AGM online on March 23rd, 2022 - we invited all of our members to hear an update on our progress over...

A new research project will build on natural capital work by our INCASE project to co-develop tools for sustainable forestry management...

Our research project, which will look to co-develop tools for sustainable forestry management decision-making, is led by natural scientists at Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with University College Dublin and Coillte, supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine. It is well understood that forestry provides timber but it also supports biodiversity and supplies other public benefits, including carbon capture to tackle climate change. However, unless

Minister of State for Heritage Malcolm Noonan TD and Minister of State for Land-Use and Biodiversity Senator Pippa Hackett have announced...