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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...down from 24% in 2014 to 19% currently. To what extent is Coillte contributing to the worsening of the situation where broadleaf planting is concerned? The recent Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report also refers to deforestation. It points to deforestation resulting from a number of factors. One of the significant factors it refers to is wind farms, in which Coillte plays a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, report referred to 15,000 ha of deforestation over the past seven years for wind farms, roads and other developments. It was not all down to Coillte but it was significant. Only 70 ha were afforested at the same time. One sees the maths. Against that background of deforestation, the rate of afforestation is minimal. Is it a good idea to hand over...

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