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State spending on forestry activity, largely directed towards encouraging private landowners to plant trees, has increased for the first time in almost a decade.
Tree planting across Ireland is “far below” the level needed, the minister of state in charge of forestry has admitted.
While €308 million has been approved for afforestation in Ireland, "ambiguity" remains over the remaining €1 billion of the Forestry Programme.
Turning a forestry vision into reality 2023-08-23
Ireland will need to plant far more than the 8,000ha per year Government target to meet its climate action commitments, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said.