Project aims to improve resilience and quality of sitka spruce forests
Research is underway into a new technique which will both increase resilience and improve the quality of Ireland’s sprawling Sitka Spruce forests, which make up over half of this country’s woodland and support some 12,000 jobs.
The five-year Teagasc project is investigating a new way of managing these forests to promote the growth of better quality wood and make the trees more resilient to climate change and the threat posed by the advent of new pests and new diseases.
