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Various articles and papers by people associated with the Woodland League, as well as those that are not

   

Woodland league question on FSC ecolabel presented in EU parliament by Joe Higgins,


EU commission response to the question,

Forestry in Sweden is not sustainable

Tommnafunnogue Wood and Old Railway Walk Report

Tommnafinnogue OakWood and Old Railway Walk, in Shillelagh ,Wicklow 2008

Review Of Forest Policy

(As per Reviewed Programme for Government, October 2009)

 

Macroom District Environmental Group

SUBMISSION ON FORESTRY REVIEW

Macroom District Environmental Group (established 1983)

 

Creating Space For Nature To Function

PROPOSAL TO DESIGNATE AS THE PREFERRED AREA FOR WIND FARMS THE SPECIAL PROTECTION AREA (SPA) - (Site Code 004161) Stack’s to Mullaghareirk Mountains, West Limerick Hill and Mount Eagle SPA (Co. Kerry)

Submission On Overall Irish Forest Policy 2010 Incorporating reviews of all aspects of Coillte,forestry legislation & policy and forestry grants & premiums.

Permission to erect 8 wind turbines at Loughaun North, Tulla, County Clare, Reg. Ref. 08-1950

The distribution of breeding birds around upland wind
farms

The distribution of breeding birds around upland wind
farms2

submission on a planning application by Golden Vale Marts Ltd to establish a new site entrance and road in Carrigcannon & Knocknagoum Lyreacrompane, Listowel, planning ref: 10/15

invalidate a number of planning applications by Golden V aleMarts Ltd

Submission relating to the Golden Vale Marts Ltd planning application (Planning ref. no 09/1634)

 

clareWES_FigureH (map image)

 

Appropriate Assessment of Land Use Plans.

Environmental Impacts of Logging

Irish Forestry Comeback Threatened By Privatisation

OBSERVATIONS AND SUBMISSION IN RESPECT OF THE DRAFT DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2009 -2015

 

 

 

 

 

Creating Space For Nature To Function.

Group-photo

(Celebrating Ten Years Of A Community’s Restoration Ecology Efforts)

Ireland - Letter for the De - Certification of Coillte

Pros and Cons of natural native woods versus Plantations...A list of forest facts.

Shaping forest communication in the European Union: public perceptions of
forests and forestry
- Tender no. AGRI-2008-EVAL-10 Under the Framework Contract No. 30-CE-0101908/00-50
Final Report Client:

Tree Care Nov 2009 - An t’Ionad Glas – Organic College (November 2009)

Countryside Mgmt Lecture 19102009 - Ted Cooke Lecture (Part II)

Countryside Management Lecture 05102009 (edited 151009)- Lecture with Ted Cooke – 5th October 2009

Agenda-Building through LA21: Creating a Constituency for Change? - By Gerard Mullally, University College Cork

Misunderstanding Forestry - Irish environmentalists must appreciate the ideological background of both Ireland's commercial and environmentalist approaches to woodland before effective woodland strategies can be built - Ray Monahan

Tree Plantations are not Forests - Prof. Erkki Lahde (pdf ~1.1mb)

HOW THE INFIDELS CAN SAVE CIVILIZATION: TRADITIONAL IRISH AND AMERICAN INDIAN LAW by James W. Zion

An Essay on Brehon Law - The Brehon law system is reputedly the second oldest recorded law system after Sanskrit. - Andrew St. Ledger

The Poetic Brehon Lawyers of Early 16th Century Ireland - Katherine Simms, Trinity College Dublin, March 2000.

Indigenous Peoples and Forests: Restoring Historical Rights - Dr. Ashesh Ambasta

Planning Regulations for Afforestation in Ireland - Cavan Leitrim Environmental Awareness Network, in a letter to the editor of The Anglo Celt

Conifers in Irish Forestry & the Paper Industry - Excerpts from A History of Irish Forestry by Eoin Neeson

Coillte and Certification - A series of articles printed by the Irish Timber and Forestry Magazine, based on the Woodland League Petition and the FSC Certification of Coillte Teoranta.
          Coillte and Certification - IT&F Jan/Feb Edition 2005 - Vol. 14 No. 1
          Coillte and Certification: Coillte Responds - IT&F Mar/Apr Edition - Vol. 14. No. 2
          Coillte and Certification: The Truth about Coillte's Certification - Sent to IT&F in April 2005 but was unpublished

Oak / Ash / Hazel woodlands - a rich heritage and valuable resource - By Bob Wilson of C.E.L.T., Scarriff, Co. Clare.

Hedgerows - A vital part of our landscape and heritage - By Bob Wilson of C.E.L.T., Scarriff, Co. Clare.

Sustainable Forestry: Short-term / long-term economic and environmental benefits from managed ‘continuous cover’ woodlands with high biodiversity - By Bob Wilson of C.E.L.T., Scarriff, Co. Clare.

Red Squirrels need woodland biodiversity - By Bob Wilson of C.E.L.T., Scarriff, Co. Clare.

Trees In Natures Economy - Excerpts from The Triumph of the Tree (1950) by John Stewart Collis (1900 - 1984)

The Tragedy of the Trees - By Robert Allen (author of The Dioxin War: Truth and Lies About a Perfect Poison and No Global: The People of Ireland Versus the Multinationals).

Forestry Acts - Ted Cook on the Irish Forestry Acts, and a tree's rights under them

The Importance of Biodiversity to Human Health - Professor Chris Shaw

Looking below the surface: What are Mycorrhizas? - By Dr. Philip Mason