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Report: Economic activity and employment levels in the Irish forest sector
01 November 2022Forest Certification Report
01 November 2022Overview of the WoodProps Programme 2017-2020 Wood Properties for Ireland
24 May 2022Easy ways to reduce the emission of fine dust from existing stoves and boilers when burning firewood
11 November 2021
Use of rapid moisture meters to estimate firewood moisture content
11 November 2021Splitting firewood by hand
11 November 2021Review of worldwide standards for solid biofuels, revised April 2021
11 November 2021Forests and wood products, and their importance in climate change mitigation. A Series of COFORD Statements
12 November 2021Model Contract Woodfuel 2021
11 November 2021Model Contract Woodfuel 2021 (pdf 5,034Kb)
All Ireland Roundwood Production Forecast 2021-2040
15 July 2021External Timber Cladding - Guidance on Materials, Specification, Detailing and Design
19 April 2021New COFORD Connect Note: Wood Based Panels – OSB
08 March 2021COFORD Council Working Groups Provide Suggested areas for Inclusion in DAFM Call for Research Proposals
01 February 2021COFORD Report - Development and Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources 2020-2030
22 December 2020A new COFORD publication, Sustainable Development and Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources 2020-2030, prepared by members of the COFORD Forest Genetic Resources Working Group, addresses key challenges, including climate change, and how forest genetic resources can be mobilised to increase the adaptive capacity of our forests. The strategy also includes recommendations on how to ensure the sustainable supply and use of seeds and other reproductive material, and steps required for the genetic conservation of tree species. The report outlines the roles of those agencies and organisations involved in forest genetic resources and the importance of coordination and implementation.
New COFORD Connect notes available
16 April 2018Breeding for Tolerance to Ash Dieback Disease
16 June 2020The common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is one of our most important native tree species. It is now under threat from Ash Dieback disease, caused by the invasive fungal pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. The disease is now fully established and has been identified in all counties in Ireland. Fortunately, a proportion of ash trees show natural tolerance to the disease and this tolerance is heritable. In this COFORD Connect Note, the Forest Genetic Resources Working Group of the COFORD Council provide background information on the disease, its impact in Ireland thus far, and a strategy for generating sources of tolerant ash seeds and plants, and for mobilising this material for field planting.
New COFORD Connect Note – Timber Grading
06 May 2020New COFORD Connect Note – Timber Grading
New COFORD Connect Note – Timber Sizes – Solid Timber for Structural Use
06 May 2020New COFORD Connect Note – Timber Sizes – Solid Timber for Structural Use
Minister Creed announces new research grant awards an investment of €20 million in agri-food research and innovation
19 December 2019Wood Energy Software available online
19 December 2019Woodenergy.ie aims to promote the use of wood biomass from sustainably managed forests as a renewable, climate friendly energy source. It is a dedicated information service based on national and international R&D findings, standards and business practice.
Establishment of Working Groups
26 November 2019Establishment of Working Groups
Woodflow and forest-based biomass energy use on the island of Ireland (2018)
26 November 2019Minister Doyle presented with a series of COFORD Council publications
12 December 2018LULUCF Regulation 2018/841/EU - Ireland's Forest Reference Level and National Accounting Plan
19 December 2018Woodflow and forest-based biomass energy use on the island of Ireland (2017)
14 December 2018The Structural Use of Timber - Handbook for Eurocode 5: Part 1-1.
13 April 2018Growing the Irish Forest Bioeconomy
18 September 2017Woodflow and forest-based biomass energy use on the island of Ireland (2016)
01 December 2017Wood Price Quarterly (WPQ) - Private Average Roundwood Prices Received by Private Growers
28 November 2017Open letter from Director Marc Palahí, of the European Forest Institute. Forestry combating climate change: an inconvenient truth?
29 September 2017COFORD Council Activities Report 2016
04 September 2017Heat-treatment of Sitka spruce, Japanese larch and lodgepole pine panelling
31 July 2017Timber in Multi-storey Construction
31 July 2017Meeting of ISO TC238 Solid Biofuels in Dublin 28 May-June 2017
29 June 2017Assessment and update of species and related trials on industrial cutaway peatlands with a view to afforestation.
14 June 2017Kevin Black, Gerry McNally, Michael Carey and Michael Keane.
We reviewed current recommendations for afforestation of industrial cutaway peatlands based on a re-assessment of the performance of species across a range of previously established experimental trials, demonstration areas and Bord Na Mona (BNM) land managed by Coillte since the mid 1980’s.
New Wood Processing and Product Development COFORD Connect available
11 May 2017A new Wood Processing and Product Development COFORD Connect is available. An overview of roundwood harvest and forest products markets in the UNECE region in 2015-2017.
New Wood Technology Ireland Connect Notes
11 April 2017New Wood Technology Ireland Connect Notes
CLIMADAPT a web-based decision support system (DSS)
18 May 2017CLIMADAPT a web-based decision support system (DSS) based on Ecological Site Classification (ESC) developed specifically for Irish Forestry.
Updated information on LULUCF
05 April 2017Updated information on LULUCF actions to limit or reduce emissions and maintain or increase removals from activities defined under Decision 529/2013/EU