Inventory shows Cork has highest share of national forest area

Irish total forest area stands at 10.5% of total land area, an increase of 0.5% since 2006, according to Ireland’s second National Forest Inventory (NFI).

The NFI booklet showed that Co Cork has the highest share of national forest area at 83,619 ha or 11.6% of the total forest estate.

Counties with the highest proportion of national forest area are primarily distributed along the western and south-western seaboards. In terms of forest cover as a proportion of the total county land area, Co Wicklow has the highest cover at 17.7%.