Barry O'HalloranGovernment needs to boost forestry incentives to meet planting and climate change targets, the industry has warned, after official figures showed a sharp decline in payments.
Mark McAuley, director of Forestry Industries Ireland, said the “grim” results showed the continuing failure of the Government’s policy to plant new woodland, needed to aid the fight against climate change and guarantee future timber supplies. He argued that declining tree-planting contradicted aims to diversify farming and step up the battle against climate change.
Grants cover 100 per cent of the total set-up costs: the State then pays the landowner an annual premium for every hectare planted.
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