ProSilva Ireland

The COFORD Low Impact Silvicultural Systems (LISS) Project commenced in 2010 and is conducting research into the practice of LISS / Continuous Cover Forestry in Ireland.  Amongst other objectives, the project is attempting to estimate the area of woodland in Ireland managed under such systems and to establish a database of such forests in Ireland.  … Continue reading »

OVER 70 people journeyed to Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim on April 28 for the first of Prosilva Ireland’s  2012 Open Forest Days. Guest speakers Marc Etienne from ProSilva France and the ProSilva Czech Republic’s Thomas Vrska shed light on principles of continuous cover forestry in Mary and David Legge’s forestry plantations on Saturday April 28. Marc, … Continue reading »

In a recent article, courtesy of the Irish Forestry and Timber news, Owen Davies and Gary Kerr report that continuous cover forestry management can be a good economic option compared with clear-felling and replanting. Download the pdf to read the full article here. Thanks to the Irish Forestry and Timber News, Aug 2011 for allowing … Continue reading »

Update 18 Oct 2011: Joe Barry wrote an article in the Irish Independent on this ProSilva Event in “Working with nature rather than against it should ensure we benefit financially” by Joe Barry, Oct 18, Irish Independent http://www.independent.ie/farming/news-features/working-with-nature-rather-than-against-it-should-ensure-we-benefit-financially-2908425.html

Please feel free to forward this survey to others who you know that are managing their woodlands/forests in this way. Survey of Forest Owners with Woodlands Managed Using Low Impact Silvicultural Systems (LISS) / Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) The COFORD Low Impact Silvicultural Systems (LISS) Project commenced in 2010 and is conducting research into the … Continue reading »

To increase the knowledge of Close to Nature – Continuous Cover forestry in Ireland, where long term permanent forest management is barely known, the ProSilva Ireland group has over the last 10 years organised public open forest days twice each year, to forests that have been begun to be managed in this way. At each … Continue reading »

ProSilva Ireland is launching its Forestry Policy document in Wicklow on Saturday 24 April 2010 at its Forest Open Day at Cloragh Farm, Co. Wicklow.  ProSilva Ireland is part of ProSilva Europe, a 27 country European network of professional forest owners and managers, who practice close to nature forest management in permanent forests.