North East Forestry Group announces Knowledge Transfer Group Funding

The North East Forestry Group, comprising Private Forest owners in Cavan, Louth, Meath and Monaghan, are delighted to announce that they are running their third Knowledge Transfer Group (KTG) program.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Jul 2020, 07:28 BST

Being funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the program hopes to increase awareness of the need for proper forest management for all Private Forest owners in Cavan, Louth, Meath and Monaghan. This program will see Private Forest owners, or their immediate family, being paid €70 per meeting for a total of seven meetings.

There will be a series of topics discussed at these meetings in an informal structure, which will suit all Private Forest owners, whether a new entrant into forestry or an existing owner. The seven meetings will include four field trips to various locations in the region. This KTG follows on from a very successful program ran by the North East Forestry Group for the last two years. This, along with various forestry related topics and latest forestry news, is available on the website northeastforestrygroup.ie

Nearly 17,000 hectares of forest is planted in Cavan, making it the largest area of forest comprising of broadleaf and conifers trees in the Group. Meath has 12,500 hectares of planted forest. Monaghan has the third largest area of forest planted with 5,600 hectares of forest. Throughout Louth 2,430 hectares of forest are planted.

John Sherlock, Chairperson of North East Forestry Group said: “This Knowledge Transfer program is a fantastic opportunity for private forest owners to meet and discuss various challenges and to see how other private forest owners are managing their Woodlands.”

The group was formed with the support of Teagasc in May 2013. It is open to Private Forest owners in Cavan, Louth, Meath and Monaghan. It is the only Private Forest Owners group to have FSC Forest Certification in Ireland.

Current forest statistics in these areas are as follows:

- 16,830 hectares of forest in Cavan owned by 462 Private Forest owners

- 2,430 hectares of forest in Louth owned by 45 Private Forest owners

- 12,500 hectares of forest in Meath owned by 259 Private Forest owners

- 5,600 hectares of forest in Monaghan owned by 164 Private Forest owners

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