In order to realise the goals emerging from this renewed strategy, a coordinated partnership approach is crucial. Public entities such as the Forest Services of DAFM and DAERA, the National Parks & Wildlife Service, NIEA, Inland Fisheries Ireland, the EPA, Coillte, OPW, the Loughs Agency, Local Authorities and the Heritage and Biodiversity Officer network, can actively promote native woodlands in numerous ways, in collaboration with Woodlands of Ireland and other environmental non-governmental organisations and native woodland stakeholders. The benefits will extend far beyond the native woodland resource, to also encompass water quality, wider habitat linkage, landscape enhancement, climate change mitigation, increased choice for landowners, wood and non-wood production, amenity and tourism, public health and well-being, community enrichment, and the protection of a key component of Ireland’s natural, historical and cultural heritage. The partnership approach that has underpinned numerous native woodland initiatives in recent years, and which was adopted in developing and endorsing the previous strategy for native woodland in Ireland, is a positive indicator that Ireland can achieve this wide-reaching potential from its native woodlands, as well as securing a future for this vital resource.