Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion
Mr. Mark Carlin:
I am happy to take those questions. On peatlands, the Senator mentioned 30,000 ha being a net loss. I will again clarify that is not necessarily a net loss in forestry in Ireland. Part of the 30,000 ha will be reforested but with more native woodland to create a semi-natural wilderness. The element of the 30,000 ha that will be re-wet, which is bog restoration and deforestation, versus the element that will be rewilded is yet to be determined. We have a project under way at the moment-----