Timber home industry could benefit from Coillte’s new forest plan
A plan to grow 100,000 hectares of new forests in Ireland by 2050 aims to support the delivery of one-third of the country’s afforestation target, and create a carbon sink of 18 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2). The scheme was unveiled by Coillte, a commercial forestry business responsible for the management of 440,000 hectares of Ireland’s forests, which represents 7% of the country. Bernie Gray, Coillte chairwoman, shared that…