| FNN 164: Coillte and Lough Key Forest Park, no consultation again |
Coillte and Lough Key Forest Park, no consultation again. Coillte Millennium Forest snub to FOI Commissioner. Roche Launches 13 New National Biodiversity Plan Initiatives. Coillte EU €8m clawback, who pays? Meeting of the Woodland League: WLL going to Brussels. Lough Key Forest Park Appeal. Background: Planning objections from outside the county have cast a dark shadow over Boyle. Lough Key Forest Park, Material Contravention for Newfoundland Consortium project. Appeal.
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| Posted By the editors on 10/11/2005 ( Reads : 2639 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 163: New research reveals phosphate impact from forestry clearfell |
New research reveals phosphate impact from forestry clearfell. Review: Biogeochemical impacts of clearfelling and reforestation on blanket peatland streams; Endangered plants persist under phosphorus limitation. Standish and Taneleth E. Millennium forest sweetheart deal. Cork Environmental Forum, FNN vague and mischievous? Minister to consider forestry planning signs. No date for new Forestry Act. Woodlands of Ireland. Unauthorised felling statistics.
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| Posted By the editors on 03/11/2005 ( Reads : 2738 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 162: Help Find The Best Native Timber Trees |
FNN 162: Help Find The Best Native Timber Trees; Coillte's Exclusion Policy Questioned; Five years later - Forestry Division, Coillte Teo and AIB secret deal revealed; Genetic improvement of ash and sycamore; Sale of Corrib site may have breached guidelines: Flynn; Planting grant increases backdated from January; Biodiversity in Irish Forestry.
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| Posted By the editors on 27/10/2005 ( Reads : 2362 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 161: Standish Sawmill Granted: 34 Objections Remain |
| Standish Sawmill Saga: Planning Permission Granted - 34 Questions Remain. Ballyannon Wood, Middleton, Co. Cork. Former luminaries of State Forestry. Notification of forestry approvals to objectors. Red squirrels. Forestry planning and appeals. The Manch Project: Ronan O'Flaherty on the future of agriculture. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 25/10/2005 ( Reads : 2566 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 160: Appealing against forestry consents. |
| Return of FNN Letter of the week: Forest Service's reasons for non-prosecution ofillegal felling. Ballyannon Wood, Middleton, Co. Cork. Lack of appeal result notification, legal validity? Coillte Certifiation Review, Excision Policy. Sudden Oak Death. Pruning. Parliamentary Questions: The ongoing costs of Irish forestry in annual payments; questions about the appeals process against forestry planting consents. FIE Allihies Weekend. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 13/10/2005 ( Reads : 3207 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 159: Forestry investment and the Planning Tribunals |
| Forestry investment under scrutiny in the Tribunals. Coillte's failure to publish in Irish. Ireland buys €2m worth of 'illegal' timber. Forestry and the single payment scheme. Irish Forestry Certification Initiative egm. Woodland League agm. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 13/10/2005 ( Reads : 2374 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 158: The Irish Response to the EU Forestry Audit |
FOREST NETWORK NEWSLETTER
ISSUE NUMBER 158
APRIL 20, 2005
ON WEDNESDAYS
FREE BY EMAIL
Irish Response to EU Forestry Audit: A 'cornerstone' of 'sustainable forestry.' Interesting FSC certified forest in Ireland? Show Time
The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Máire N?? Chochlainn, has misled Dáil Éireann. PS On whistleblowers. EU Forestry Audit: 'It does not fall to individual member states to respond.' Roundup weedkiller may cause amphibian loss. Cowen supports Togher Woods campaign. New Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guidelines for US Farms and Forests. French Government Adopts Public. Procurement Measures to Support Sustainable Forestry. Russia to Export only Certified Timber by 2007. Atmospheric deposition in maritime environments and its impact on terrestrial ecosystems.
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| Posted By the editors on 02/07/2005 ( Reads : 2036 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 157: EU forestry audit questions Irish funding |
| SPECIAL ISSUE: EU AUDITORS REPORT ON IRELAND. European Auditors' Forestry Report on Ireland: 'Calls into question the aid granted'. PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS: EU Auditors' Report: Follow Up Questions. LETTERS: Godfather Contractors. European Court of Auditors Issues Critical Report on the Implementation of Forestry Measures in the EU [Forest Certification Watch]. Trees obscured behind forest of verbiage [Press Association]. SUBMISSIONS ON NATURE CONSERVATION. APPENDIX 1: THE EU AUDITORS' REPORT ON IRELAND. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 26/03/2005 ( Reads : 2117 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 156: Irish reafforestation, damaging the environment? |
FNN 156. Irish reafforestation, damaging the environment? Coillte sales to the ESB. Farmer Forestry Premium Laundering. Breach of Trust Follow Up: Togher Woods. NGO Certification Update: IFCI reverting to three chambers? Togher Wood Up For Grabs. New rules to cut forestry incentives. Survey of State's forests under way. Acidification of soil through afforestation. Events. About Us.
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| Posted By the editors on 12/03/2005 ( Reads : 2507 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 155: To The Nation In Trust - Coillte land sales. |
To The Nation In Trust: Coillte land sales at Monivea, Lough Key, Lough Esk, Lough Muckno, Lough Rynn. Also: Alleged Forestry Irregularities in Ireland? Tribunal extracts. Parliamentary questions and replies. Coillte & Certification. Shoots of recovery for NoI forestry. Minister Browne announces call for proposals for the development and promotion of sustainable forestry. NGO forestry position. Woodland League Public Meeting.
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| Posted By the editors on 28/02/2005 ( Reads : 2625 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 154: Forestry in Scenic Areas: Help! |
Call for help: forestry in scenic areas. Department Review 2004. Department Predications 2005. New Forestry Allocations 2005. Parliamentary Questions & Parliamentary Replies: FoI, Coillte Christmas Trees, Millenium Forests. Farmers: Wait and See. Looks like time is running out for farm forestry. New study urges action to make farm forestry more viable. From the Irish Times Tree Supplement: Alien alert. Down with Luddites: Coillte undertaking on Access to Information on the Environment. NGO Position on Chemicals.
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| Posted By the editors on 09/02/2005 ( Reads : 1870 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 153: COILLTE FELLED IN HIGH COURT ACTION |
| FNN 153: Coillte Teo., the State Forestry Board, agreed in the High Court to be bound by the European Directive on Access to Information on the Environment. Group abandons vigil on forestry imports. New group aims to wipe out grey squirrels. Protecting U.S. forests. Student crushed by tree 'had no chance'. Review of Tax Reliefs and Exemptions [including Forestry!] for High Earners. Progress in Certification Standard for Ireland? Parliamentary questions: Implementation of Access to Information on the Environment. Freedom of Information Appeals. Access to Information on the Environment: 22 Problems -34 Recommendations. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 24/12/2004 ( Reads : 1958 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 152: Community particpation |
Get on your bikes, community participation in the future of Irish forests - Lessons from the Bandon Valley. Green forestry certification website launched. Forest Fire Particles ' Journey. Finding a market for first thinnings. Spend your lolly - don't steal our holly, warn forestry staff. Holly trees 'stolen' for export
The tree picker. The prices of a tree. Coillte, IFUT and the AIB. Parliamentary Questions and Replies: Forestry on Bogs. Forest Policy, Access to Infomation. Coillte's unauthorised grants. Standish Sawmills: Home Free? Tropical Timber Imports? Forest Crime.
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| Posted By the editors on 15/12/2004 ( Reads : 2456 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 151: Data on the value of hardwoods? |
| Wood Imports 2003: data on the value of hardwoods? Department of Agriculture denies most tree plantations are on bog. IFA Forestry Conference: Erratic growth in afforestation. Ash trees dying. Pesticide link to Parkinson's grows stronger. Village fears for future of trees. Millionaire trees bring darkness. Coford: status, pensions, publications, and ineligibility for co-funding on a without prejudice basis. Petition: Reform Forest Policy in Ireland. Practitioners' Workshop for users of Access to Information on the Environment Regulations. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 01/12/2004 ( Reads : 2509 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 150: Revised EEA Maps Show 84% of Recent Irish Forestry On Bogs |
| Revision of the assessment of forest creation and afforestation in Ireland: Up to 84% of Irish afforestation 1990, 2000 on peatlands . Parliamentary Questions: Afforestation on peatlands. FoI delays. Replies: European Court of Auditors' Report on Irish Forestry. Recouping Grants From Coillte. Urban sprawl is 'devastating' rural landscapes. Report on IFCI environmental chamber meeting. Bioenergy in Wood industry 2005 - call for papers. FNN comment on Trees, Forests and the Law in Ireland. Growing broadleaves? // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 22/11/2004 ( Reads : 1997 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 149: Irish Foresters Tour Austria |
The first 150 Issues: Please support our work. Support for Saving Peatlands Is Squishy but Solidifying. Destruction of Amazonian rainforest. Irish Fencing materials. Standish not slandered by Prime Time. Shirley Clerkin On The INFF Study Tour To Austria.
COFORD: decentralisation, pensions, Commission grant clawbacks and costs. Ray Monahan on Bioforest's biodiversity benchmarks; Universities as Public Interest or research annexes of private business?COFORD, the Forest Service and the Department: an un-Holy Trinity?// Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 17/11/2004 ( Reads : 1896 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 148: 'What do you have to do to win?' EPA to prosecute sawmill (again) |
'What do you have to do to win?' EPA to prosecute Standish Sawmill for 2nd time. Sawmill facing court over deadly chemicals.
Owner of timber firm ignored court ruling, says judge. Safety code for transport of timber. Trees implicated in air pollution. Not enough rot in the forest. PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS: The new Minister for Agriculture on Thursday, 18 November. Irish Forestry Certification Initiative, Ltd. National Conference on Irish hedgerows. EPA to prosecute Standish Sawmill for 2nd time: 'Significant consequences for the environment'. "Physician [COFORD] cure thyself". Bioforest Replies: Questions that need addressing. Background: Bioforest Project Outline.// Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 11/11/2004 ( Reads : 2374 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 147: Broadleaf planting rate doubles: grow lights in Lesson Lane? |
| Information provided to the environment co-ordinating committee on Ireland's broadleaf planting rate: Broadleaf planting rate doubles: grow lights in Lesson Lane? N.I Minister gives timber initiative support. When the bough breaks, the people will sue: Trees, Forests and the Law in Ireland. IFCI: Which Draft Are We On Now? Abuse of National and EU Forestry funds? Niall O'Carroll's legacy. INFF European Forestry Study Tour. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 03/11/2004 ( Reads : 2102 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 146: Forestry Certification in Ireland - 5 Years On |
| An end to ENGO support for forestry certification in Ireland? Trees implicated in air pollution [New Scientist]. CITES protects ramin and agarwood [New Scientist]. Wood can fuel our energy needs [Irish Farmer's Journal]. 'Extinct' pine marten in comeback [BBC Online]. 'Forestry In Ireland': Remembered In Shame? One law for Fishermen and another for Forestry Investors. Ray Monahan on Biofor. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 20/10/2004 ( Reads : 2140 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
| FNN 145: Coillte Social and Environmental Report 2003 |
| Coillte's Environmental report: Adding Insult To Injury. Forestry investors to get carbon windfall. Forestry Carbon Sequestration disallowed [Reprinted from May, 2004]. Tree-planting 'may cause pollution' [Irish Independent]. Wood energy 'key' to meet Kyoto targets [Irish Times]. Posting flowers of the wood and hedgerow [Irish Times]. Kenyan activist plants tree to mark the moment [Sydney Herald]. Bye gum ... trees to be phased out [Sydney Herald]. Deadline for Heritage Grants. EVENTS. Forestry Allegation in Ireland. Bacon Report: Off the Tree. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 13/10/2004 ( Reads : 2634 ) | Comments (0) | Forestry Network |
