The COFORD Council for Forest Research and Development is a representative body from the Forestry Sector in Ireland.  The Council advises on the formulation of the national programme on Competitive Forest Research for Development (also known as the COFORD Research Programme) as well as addressing developmental issues in the forest sector including wood supply and demand forecasting at an all Ireland level.  The COFORD research programme is the responsibility of the Research Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and funds research of relevance to the forest sector in Ireland.

NEW! Proposals for Project Funding during 2012 in relation to Conservation of Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (pdf 2,058Kb)

NEW! The first edition of the popular COFORD publication Forest Fungi in Ireland by Louis Smith and Paul Dowding, which sold out several months ago, is now available in a second revised edition from Government Publications or directly from Forest Sector Development/COFORD.

NEW! Presentations at a recent CoFoRD FORFLUX project Advisory Group meeting held 5-6 December 2011, on deposition and biogeochemical cycling in forest ecosystems.

16 December 2011 - Mr Shane McEntee TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Addresses the first meeting of New Coford Council

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Timber Committee Market Report for Ireland 2011 compiled on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by Drima Marketing.

For your information - Decision text on Land Use, Land Use Change Forest (LULUCF).  Text agreed at UNFCCC Conference in Durban