More than 4,500 forestry licences currently ‘under consideration’

2,330 new licences issued under new legislation

2,000 licence applications have been referred to ecologists for an appropriate assessment. File Picture. 

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued an update on the number of forestry licences currently under consideration.

According to the latest figures, there are approximately 4,700 licence applications in the system, and at various stages of processing.