ProSilva Ireland

All ProSilva Ireland members are welcome to attend our annual study trip – this year to Belgium. The study trip will aim to follow the itinerary below: Base: Namur Day 1: We will visit forests close to Brussels and Namur. We will visit different conifer stands in Ardenne (douglas, spruce) that have been historically transformed … Continue reading →

An invitation to ProSilva Ireland members and friends to this year’s Farm Woodland Forum meeting. The Forum will be in Ireland and run jointly by AFBI and Teagasc, with bookings and registration through AFBI. This is an excellent venue. Ballyhaise is a fine Agricultural College which supplies most of the farm woodland and forestry skills … Continue reading →

A recent report by ProSilva committee members Jonathan Spazzi with the collaboration of Kevin O’Connell (Teagasc), and Charlie Tailor (FC Scotland) This visit took place between the 24 and 27 June as a joint effort of ProSilva Ireland and the Continuous Cover Forestry Group (CCFG) UK. During our visit networking and discussion between members of … Continue reading →

Photos and an article from ProSilva Ireland field day at Knockrath Forest, Co. Wicklow – Sat 3 Oct 2015. ProSilva Ireland wishes to thanks the Brabazon family at Knockrath Co. Wicklow for an important ProSilva Ireland field day. We were fortunate to have Duncan Stewart and the EcoEye team record some of the day’s discussions … Continue reading →

Pro Silva Ireland’s next Forest Open day is in Knockrath Forest, Co. Wicklow – Sat 3 Oct 2015 with guest German ProSilva forester Hinrich Joost Bärwald. All Welcome! The focus of the day will be discussions on the progress of conversion of forest stands to Continuous Cover Forestry management over the last decade at Knockrath Forest. … Continue reading →

Pro Silva Ireland’s next Forest Open day is in Coole Park, Gort, Co. Galway on Saturday 23rd May 2015 with guest forester Huw Denman and ecologist Faith Wilson.

The focus of the day will be on how Continuous Cover Forestry can deliver benefits for nature conservation, biodiversity and landscape. Continue reading →

Phil Morgan, President of ProSilva Europe and known to many ProSilva Ireland members recently wrote an article on “The Case for Continuous Cover Forestry”. The Forestry & Timber News Journal has kindly allowed us to re-publish the article here. Continue reading →

joint UK Continuous Cover Forestry Group (CCFG)/ProSilva Ireland study visit to Southern Poland next summer (2015), provisionally arriving on Wed 24th June and leaving on Sat 27th June Continue reading →

Resources from the Continuous Cover Forest Group (CCFG) Conference held in The Lake District in June this year are now available on the CCFG website. They include: pdfs of Speaker Presentations (+ some MP4 recordings); a Conference Report with a list of conclusions and recommendations, and proposals for research priorities developed from presentations and discussions at … Continue reading →

Over three days based in Sursee in the Canton of Lucerne, the ProSilva Europe delegates, including representatives from ProSilva Ireland, visited forests in public ownership. The forest of Grün Stadt Zürich, the Gutschwald of Oberägeri and the Deiniker Wald of Baar in the Canton of Zug, the Holziker Wald of Hirschthal in the Canton of … Continue reading →

“Talis Kalnars was a pioneer of ‘continuous cover’ forestry in Britain, writes Phil Morgan. His woodlands were not only beautiful but profitable, as he nurtured the ‘natural capital’ of the forest ecosystem, and only harvested the dividend of high value timber.” Phil Morgan (President ProSilva Europe, past Chair of the CCFG UK group) has recently … Continue reading →

Location: This years ProSilva Ireland overseas trip will be to the UK to coincide with the UK Continuous Cover forestry conference 3-5 June 2014. This will be a fantastic opportunity to explore Continuous Cover forestry in depth in a region that has similar forest conditions to Ireland. Continuous Cover Forestry: Delivering sustainable and resilient woodlands in Britain … Continue reading →

This forest field day will concentrate on forests and biodiversity. ProSilva committee member and ecologist Faith Wilson will lead the day with ProSilva Austrian forester Georg Frank. The field day will focus on the theme of forest management and biodiversity enhancement and field day stops will be at various locations in the Glengariff Woods Nature … Continue reading →

In the recent edition of the Irish Forestry journal (Vol 70, 2013) two articles detail, review and advance the scientific aspects of continuous cover forestry in Ireland. With thanks to the Society of Irish Foresters, these papers are now available to download here: Continue reading →

ProSilva Ireland is delighted to reprint an article from the Irish Farmers Journal by Donal Magner. Donal reviewed in detail the recent ProSilva Ireland and the Society of Irish Forester’s field day at Ballyhooly forest in North Cork, managed by Coillte. Our thanks to Donal Magner and the Irish Farmers Journal. Continuous cover forestry (CCF) … Continue reading →

Upcoming ProSilva Ireland Continuous Cover forest study day in association with the Society of Irish Foresters – all welcome. Date:    Friday, 27th September 2013 Time:        10.00 am Meeting Point:         The entrance to Gurteen Wood, Ballyhooley Forest Directions:    Travel to Ballyhooley on the N72 between Fermoy and Castletownroche in Co. Cork. Take the … Continue reading →

The COFORD (Irish Forest Research Institute) LISS project is a four year project now in its third year aimed at developing a greater understanding of Low Impact Silvicultural Systems and their use in Ireland. Continue reading →

ONE of Coillte’s oldest woods provided a living textbook for Close-to-Nature Continuous Cover forestry at Prosilva Ireland’s summer open forest day, at Rahin Wood, Co. Kildare, April 2013 Continue reading →

ProSilva Ireland is excited to announce its April open forest day. It takes place on an AFI* site at a Coillte property in Rahin, Co. Kildare on Sat April 27 2013 Venue: Rahin Wood is located off the R401 between Edenderry & Kinnegad (@ 53.391416,-7.07262). Part of the wood backs onto the River Boyne which … Continue reading →

Learn about LOW IMPACT SILVICULTURE IN SOUTH MORAVIA REGION Updated: Mon 25 March 2013 with itinerary and costs; itinerary can be downloaded ProSilva Ireland is delighted to announce the programme of the 2013 ProSilva Ireland Members Study trip to Czech Republic. The Czech Republic, located in the heart of Europe, has an area of ​​78,864 … Continue reading →

Dr Fidelma Butler and Dr Ruth Carden, University College Cork, are leading a research team who have been awarded a grant by the Dept. of Agriculture, Food & the Marine to examine the use of forests by deer in Ireland. This three year project seeks to quantify deer populations, habitat and silvicultural elements that influence … Continue reading →

The fight to contain ash dieback continues after discovery of the disease here late last year. The Forest Service is coordinating the national response with various other government and industry groups, along with ash growers. Chalara ash dieback disease is a relatively new, very serious disease of ash caused by the fungal pathogen Chalara fraxinea. … Continue reading →

Only one week until Pro Silva Ireland’s Monuments and Forestry Open Forest Day. The open day takes place next Saturday October 6 at Coillte’s Burren forest property, Co. Cavan, part of the Marble Arch Global Geopark. While this forest visit has the theme of Monuments and Forestry, the usual Pro Silva forest principles will also … 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.