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Thematic area: Establishing and growing forests

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Establishing and growing forests are core activities of forest management. Central to these activities is the concept of sustainability which is changing the way in which we live our lives today. Sustainability in forestry finds its expression in sustainable forest management (SFM) which is the underlying principle by which forest management is being practiced in many countries throughout the world. Since the concept as first introduced in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio, SFM has revolutionised the way in which we manage forests and has been a key driver in forest research and development programmes for the last two decades. SFM has required us to re-examine the value of forests and the goods and services they provide; also to rebalance the economic, environmental and social aspects of forest management for a more sustainable future.
The projects outlined in this section are concerned with making forest management more sustainable in Ireland. For example: