Forestry
The need for ongoing conifer planting within the Irish forestry sector has been confirmed by a leading woodland development consultant.
Forestry Industries Ireland has said that Ireland's commercial forestry model has become "side-tracked" into a "small, niche activity".
An official UK report has highlighted the potential of plantations of fast-growing conifers to sequester extremely high levels of carbon dioxide.
The Irish forestry and timber industry, is reliant to a great extent on Sitka spruce, according to Minister of State Andrew Doyle.
