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The role of forestry in sequestering carbon 2021-10-13

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) will receive an increase in funding of €32 million euro in Budget 2022. Minister for Public

Ministers at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have welcomed publication of the revised National Development Plan (NDP). As part of

Anaerobic digestion pilot project part of National Development Plan 2021-10-04

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Forestry Department says the Three Million Trees in Three Years ini...

Open Call for Proposals for Woodland Support Projects for 2021/2022 - Specification and Application Form Introduction Woodlands and Forestry haves many benefits for society including economic, social and environmental ones. They are a source of timber products, recreational spaces and habitat for biodiversity while also providing an important source of income for rural communities. The Forestry Programme 2014 – 2020 (extended to end 2022) provides funding to the forestry sector...

Dr Satyanarayana Parvataneni playing his part in the National Tree Planting Initiative. With a last name that literally translates to ‘mountain peak’, it is no wonder that Dr Satyanarayana Parvataneni has planted 162 hectares (400 acres) of forests which is just over 300,000 seedlings in Portland, with plans to plant another 40 hectares (100 acres) by next year. A medical doctor by profession, Parvataneni migrated to Jamaica in the late 70s and fell in love with the ‘land of wood and wa...

State warned by EU official in 2017 over eco-credentials of forestry licensing process Records released to Noteworthy show that the State was warned it is not doing enough to ensure environmental risks from forestry “are a thing of the past”. By Niall Sargent Sunday 11 Apr 2021, 8:30 AM Sun 8:30 AM 18,525 Views 14 Comments THE STATE WAS wa...

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue. \ Philip Doyle Central to Irelands climate ambitions is the protection of farm incomes, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has said. The comments came during a meeting between Minister McConalogue and Minister of State Pippa Hackett and European Commission vice president Frans Timmermans. The meeting was convened to discuss issues related to climate change and biodiversity. Alignment Minister McConalogue said: “The Green Deal objective ...

Forest Carbon Tool Introduction The planting of new forests is a highly significant land-based measure to help address the effects of climate change.  Forests play an important role in the capture and removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and subsequent storage in forests biomass and soils, a process called sequestration. The long term storage of carbon in harvested wood products (HWPs) and the substitution of selected wood products for fossil fuel energy sources are also important pat...