Ms R?is?n Greaney:

On the point in respect of forestry, opposition to forestry has arisen quite often in our research, as has, in a similar vein, opposition to wind farms and various other projects that are being embarked on towards our climate goals. My experience through focus groups, interviews and community forums is that when one digs a little deeper, one discovers that people are not necessarily opposing climate action or afforestation. Rather, they are usually opposing not having a say in what is happening and not having ownership over local development. That has repeatedly come out in our people’s transition work, where we try to link climate action with local development.

On the issue of monoculture, we do not have specific experience of its scientific element.

It is raised by many of the communities we work with, in respect of issues regarding whether this is going to benefit our climate goals.