Planting trees often conjures up romantic notions of bluebell filled wonderlands under the canopy of old graceful oaks and beeches. But this insightful article in the National Geographic explains how poorly planned forestry planting programmes can do more harm than good. With specific reference to the fires in North America...
Transition Monaghan members Liam Murtagh and Dermot McNally recently attended a Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) field day in Navan, Co Meath, Ireland. CCF, also known as Close to Nature Forestry is rightly hailed as the panacea to the ecological pitfalls of conventional forestry which is dominated by even aged monocultures managed by clear fell. The … Continue reading Forestry Field Trip: Continuous Cover Forestry
Forestry for a better world...
I was drawn to this evergreen tree by the yellow buds on the tips of the branches and then spotted this: two shrubs growing up in the tree and I thought it worth sharing with the world 🙂 The larger leafy shrub is some kind of a laurel I suspect and the smaller one below … Continue reading Little Miracles of Nature: Two Shrubs in a Tree!
Interview on Brexit fallout on TG4 2018.
I spoke to the Madden family about their role in putting sustainability at the heart of creating one of Ireland's most luxurious guesthouses.
I spoke to the Madden family about their role in putting sustainability at the heart of creating one of Ireland's most luxurious guesthouses.
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Great Green Wall : Workers water the Widu tree nursery in Senegal Louga region in 2012 – http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-620/h–/q-95/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2012/7/12/1342102638249/Great-Green-Wall—Worker-008.jpg
In a bid to further improve Agriculture and increase enviÂronmental sustainability, PresiÂdent Goodluck Jonathan has apÂproved the upgrade of the Great Green Wall Programme impleÂmentation Unit (GGW/PIU) to become an independent agency. The GGW/PIU now known as National Agency on Great Green Wall (NAGGW) was endorsed by the administration to urgently and holistically address the chalÂlenges bedevilling desertification in the Northern parts of Nigeria.
The Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, Alhaji Goni Ahmed, who disclosed the new developÂment, added that the President saw the need to upgrade the unit because of his belief and passion in environmental protection.
Interestingly some developÂment partners have shown interÂest in the project with World Bank leading the pack. A leader of World…
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This presentation explores CCF opportunities and synergies between production and conservation management in Irish Native Woodland.
It was presented by Pro Silva Ireland committee member Jonathan Spazzi at the recent Native Woodland Conference held in Wicklow 30th April 1st of May on behalf of Teagasc Forestry Development Unit and Prosilva Ireland.
Afforestation Plummets to Thirty Year Low and Is Set to Fall Further.... As published on TheJournal.ie AT THE RATE that new forests were planted in 2017, it will take 100 years to achieve the government’s target of 18% forestry cover – a far cry from the stated ambition of achieving it by 2046. 2017 marked … Continue reading Government Target in Tatters as Afforestation Plummets to Thirty Year Low
McNally's Miscellany 
