Irish Council for Forest Research and Development(COFORD),Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food(DAAF);Science,Technology,Research and Innovation for the Environment(STRIVE)programme 2007-2013(2008-CCRP-1.1A),Irish Environmental Protection Agency(EPA).
Aims Government policy in Ireland is to increase the national forest cover from the current 10%to 18%of the total land area by 2020.This represents a major land use change that is expected to impact on the national ca...