The COFORD Council for Forest Research and Development is a representative body from the Forestry Sector in Ireland. The Council advises the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine on research and developmental issues. The current Council (2011 - 2014) has convened groups in the following areas:
Land Availability
Forest Management Planning
Wood Mobilisation
Forest Research
The Groups will report over the course of 2013 - 2014.
Forest Sector Development Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine provides the secretariat for the Council and carries out work in forest policy, climate change, wood products and fuels and statistics.
The COFORD research programme is the responsibility of the Research, Food and CODEX Co-ordination Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Tools and Services available
Forthcoming meetings and events
THE IRISH FORESTRY, WOODLAND & BIO ENERGY SHOW 2013
Stradbally Hall Estate, Co. Laois, Ireland
10th & 11th May 2013
Forest Sector Development Division/COFORD Council Secretariat will have a stand at this years Forestry Show. We are looking forward to the show and look forward to seeing you there.
3rd INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON PLANTED FORESTS 16th - 21sy MAY 2013 - SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT Planted Forests on the Globe - Renewable Resources for the Future
Publications and reports
FORECON The Final Report - An Economic Evaluation of the Market and Non-Market Functions of Forestry (pdf 1,307Kb)
Woodflow and forest-based biomass energy use on the island of Ireland (2011) (pdf 564Kb)
