COFORD - the Programme of Competitive Forest Research for Development - is based in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. COFORD is responsible for the development of national forest research and development policy and priorities; the formulation and implementation of the national forest research programme; and transferring the knowledge generated into practice.

• 2009 COFORD annual report - Tuarascáil bhliantúil COFORD 2009

• Meeting of the Heads of European National Forest Research Institutes

• Forestry 2030:
• Irish forestry and the economy  
• Climate change and Irish forestry 
• Irish forestry and renewable wood energy 
• Afforestation - enhancing biodiversity in the Irish countryside 
• Recreational value of Irish forests 
• Irish forestry and the environment - a catchment-based approach

• New COFORD Connects notes now available to download - click here for full list

• Full list of COFORD publications (project reports and books) - to download or order

• The latest newsletter "Forestry and Wood Update" SEPTEMBER 2010 is now available - click here

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