Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion
3:35 pm
Mr. Andrew St. Ledger:
It ticks so many boxes. We have such low forest cover at 10%. We need to increase this to an average of 30%. We are struggling at present to get to that 30%. The Exchequer has been funding forestry since 2007. The afforestation targets have not been met. Agroforestry and its more beneficial forestry practices could potentially increase our forest cover and species.
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