Woodlands of Ireland - News & Publications
Now available - the recently commissioned report on a National Deer Strategy is available here:
Deer & Forestry - Woodlands of Ireland 2010
Just published and a must for anyone working with native woodlands!
Native Woodland Information Notes - In support of the Native Woodland Scheme
Various authors. Edited by Declan Little. The first four in a series of technical bulletins focused on the establishment and management of native woodlands. These come in an attractive A4 ring binder folder and are available free of charge. Subsequent notes - which will be published on an ongoing basis - will be automatically posted to those who receive a folder. PDF versions of the individual notes are also be available below.
Send your name and address to: Declan Little, Woodlands of Ireland, Seismograph House, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin 14.
No[1]._1_-_Cartographic_Sources.pdf
No[1]._2_-_Woodland_Management_History.pdf
No. 5 New Native Woodlands.pdf
Consultants Report available through this link
The following is the Woodlands of Ireland submission to the 3rd Draft FSC Forest Standard which is being developed by IFCI Ltd.
Woodlands_of_Irl_submission_to_Draft_Forest_Standard(Feb07).doc
Woodlands of Ireland – Publications
Now available
Realising Quality Wood from Ireland's Native Woodlands - Silvicultural
Guidelines for Wood Production in the Context of the Native Woodland Scheme.
Authors: Dr Declan Little & Dr John Cross.
This publication provides guidance to practitioners and landowners on how to achieve quality wood whilst addressing the overriding objective of the Native Woodland Scheme (NWS), i.e. biodiversity maintenance and enhancement. It assesses six of our native trees including sessile and pedunculate oak, ash, birch, alder and hazel using the NWS management framework document and providing economic projections over the rotations involved. The management plans and economic details are on an accompanying CD-ROM inserted into the back cover of the publication.
Price: €10 (which covers p&p and printing costs).
Now available on CD-ROM!
Ireland’s Native Woodland: Conference Proceedings
Galway, 8th – 11th September, 2004
Contents contain 30 presentations, inclusive of tables
and figures and encompass the following;
Theme 1: The Background to Native Woodland
Development in Ireland
Theme 2: The Ecology and Current Status of Ireland’s Native Woodlands
Theme 3: Legal Framework and Policy Development
Theme 4: Current Initiatives in the Development of Ireland’s Native
Woodlands
Theme 5: The Future of Ireland’s Native Woodlands
Cost €28 plus €1.50 p&p. The package includes a free hard
copy of the Abstracts of the Conference.
Please send cheque or postal order made out to ‘Woodlands of Ireland’
to:
Declan Little, Woodlands of Ireland, Seismograph House, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin 14.
The Abstracts can also be downloaded from here
Woodlands of Ireland –
Notes
Semi-natural Woodlands – Seed stands
Woodlands of Ireland are supporting the Forest Service and COFORD in the establishment of a national catalogue of seed stands specifically for seed collections for the Native Woodland Scheme. This is to ensure a continuous supply of native tree and shrub planting stock locally and regionally throughout Ireland in future. Allowing seed collections to take place in privately-owned woodlands will contribute towards the appropriate management and expansion of the native woodland resource.
If you or anyone you know has a native/semi-natural woodland and wishes for it to be considered for inclusion in this database please contact Declan Little at the address below.
Woodlands of Ireland
Seismograph House
Rathfarnham Castle
Dublin 14.
Tel: 087-6685823
E-mail: woodsofireland@iol.ie
www.wwodlandsofireland.com
Woodlands of Ireland - Events
Native Woodland Scheme - Training
Further training courses for the Native Woodland Scheme will be held in the coming year. A 3-day Native Woodland training course will take place in Gort, Co. Galway, (including a field element at Coole Park) from June 29th to July 1st, 2009. For those who may be interested in attending this and/or future courses please contact Kevin Collins, Forest Service (01-6072502) or Declan Little (087-6685823).
Heritage Council Forest Policy Review: Consultants Report
On behalf of the Heritage Council, Woodlands of Ireland co-ordinated a wide ranging review of current Heritage Council forest policy to reflect the changing context of forestry and to provide a vision for the future development of forestry in Ireland, with a particular emphasis on the national heritage. The review was contracted to a collaborative team with a broad spectrum of forestry-related expertise. After consultation with stakeholders in the general public the team produced a report which was presented to the Woodlands of Ireland Steering Committee in 2008. It was subsequently presented to the Board of the Heritage Council which is deliberating on its content. For more information, please see the consultants report
