Pro Silva Ireland
How can forests be managed to produce timber while also protecting and enhancing biodiversity and water? How can forest management deliver nature restoration, when nature conservation is an objective?
This new one-day, fully field-based workshop explores how Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) provides a practical approach to integrating these objectives by working with natural forest processes and conserving the forest ecosystem.
Through guided discussions and practical exercises in a managed forest, participants will learn to identify key biodiversity and water features, assess forest condition and explore how active forest management can enhance biodiversity, protect water resources and build healthy, resilient forests.
Designed and delivered jointly by experienced CCF practitioners and forest ecologists, the course provides an opportunity for ecologists, foresters, forest operatives and forest owners to learn from one another and develop a shared understanding of how active forest management can deliver better outcomes for forests and society.
This one-day workshop is suitable for ecologists, foresters, forest owners and students, as well as anyone with an interest in integrating biodiversity and water protection into practical forest management.
This is a fully field-based workshop, so participants should come prepared to spend the day outdoors. Please bring a packed lunch and wear suitable clothing and sturdy footwear appropriate for the weather and forest conditions.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Advance registration is required.
This workshop is delivered as part of the Forestry Skills Training Programme, supported by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
