Coillte's new non-profit to focus on species diversity and biodiversity

Coillte has established a new, non-profit wing that will focus on species diversity and biodiversity. The new body, named Coillte Nature, will focus on the environment and recreational forests. Its first project will be to redesign nine commercial forests in the Dublin area for recreational use.

The national forestry organisation said its new body will "target the delivery of new woodlands to facilitate species diversity, biodiversity and carbon sequestration" as part of the Government's National Forestry Programme.