Minister for Agriculture: ‘It’s a challenging time for forestry sector’
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has admitted that while the level of plantation in Ireland has been disappointing overall, there will be a renewed focus on the matter soon. Picture: Chris Bellew, Fennell Photography.
The Minister for Agriculture has acknowledged the challenging time for Ireland's forestry sector with Ireland now planting only one-tenth of what was being planted in the 1990s.
This comes at a time when trees are needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the sawmills have run out of timber.
