Minister Must Act Now & Introduce Temporary Suspension on Timber Log Imports
IFA Farm Forestry Chair Jason Fleming said following the finding of the monetary pine bark beetle, the first non-native bark beetle to be found in Ireland, Minister Pippa Hackett must act now and suspend the importation of unprocessed timber while a full review of biosecurity measure is undertaken. “Farmers have seen the devastation caused by […]
Call for an independent inquiry into Coillte public forest asset stripping
It is almost ironic that as we put up our Christmas trees , Coillte the State forestry board tasked with managing 1.2 million acres of public forests as well as increasing our low average tree cover , is selling off another lot of public forestry property, 1000 acres in Donegal. In this hour of national […]
