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Backwards
step for forest deal
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Other News / Forestry
(Dec 15, 2009)
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A proposal aimed at saving the world's tropical
forests suffered a setback last weekend, when
negotiators at the UN climate talks ditched
plans for faster action on the problem because
of concerns that rich countries aren't willing
to finance it.
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Forest
Energy Programme
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Other News / Forestry
(Dec 14, 2009)
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The Forest Energy Programme has focused primarily
on researching wood fuel supply chains from
first thinnings.
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Plans
for Clare rail museum lodged
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Other News / Heritage
(Dec 14, 2009)
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Plans have been lodged for what has been
described as 'Ireland’s largest road and
rail museum' at Moyasta, west Clare.
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Cuts
to afforestation programme would be counter-productive
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Other News / Forestry
(Dec 8, 2009)
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The Irish Forestry and Forest Products Association
(IFFPA), a business sector within IBEC, has
said that any move to cut government investment
in the afforestation programme in the upcoming
budget would be at odds with government environmental
policy and have a very negative impact on jobs
in the sector.
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Gildernew
calls on farmers to create more woodland
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Other News / Forestry
(Dec 7, 2009)
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Northern Ireland Minister Michelle Gildernew
has announced increases in forestry grants, under
the Rural Development Programme, to encourage
more farmers and landowners to create their own
woodland.
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Forest
area bigger than Canada can be restored
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Other News / Forestry
(Dec 7, 2009)
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Only one-fifth of the world's forests remain,
but an area bigger than Canada could be restored
without harming food production, according to
a global alliance dedicated to restoring forests.
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