Planting
Woodland Improvement Scheme one
Woodland Improvement Scheme two
Forest Road Grants
Harvesting and Timber Production
Harvesting Regulations
- Felling of trees – legal requirements
- crops/forestry/advice/timber-harvesting/felling-and-reforestation-standards
- Deforestation – legal requirements
- Managing safety in forestry operations
- Operating a chainsaw safely
Relevant Publication
Relevant Publication Two
Timber Sales
Timber Sales – Useful Tips
- Useful tips when selling timber
- Useful tips when drawing up a timber sales contract
- Useful Tips when preparing Tiber Sales ( Tender Documents )
Timber Prices
Forrest Establishment grants
Afforestation grant and premium categories
Important information
- Getting started in forestry in five steps
- Brief Overview of Forestry Grant Rates
- How do I get the work done?
- Interaction of forestry with other farm schemes
- Afforestation – legal requirements
- Online forestry premium applications
- Change of Ownership
Relevant publications
- Overview of revised afforestation grants 2018-2020
- Farm Forestry
- Farm Forestry Series No. 7: Establishing a Farm Forest.
- Step by step guide to online forestry premium applications
- List of Registered Foresters
- List of Native Woodland Scheme Ecologists
- Directory of Professional Ecologists
- Full details of the Afforestation Grant and Premium Scheme 2014-2020
- Forestry Scheme Penalty Schedules
- Comparing farm forestry with other farm enterprises
Grant aid
Forestry Grants and Premium Payments – Terms & Conditions
- Overview
- Questions to ask before deciding to plant
- How do I get the planting done?
- You are responsible!
- Who’s who in the forest industry
Interaction of forestry with other farm schemes
- Eligibility for forestry premium payments
- Forestry and the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)
- Forestry and Greening
- Forestry and Early Retirement Scheme (ERS)
- Forestry and Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC)
- Forestry and Agri-Environmental Schemes (incl. GLAS)
- Further information
Forestry and the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)
Relevant publication
How do I apply for my Annual Forestry Premium?
How do I register for online services?
Do I need to send Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) details with the online application?
Relevant publication
Relevant Publication Two
- HSA Code of Practice for Managing Safety and Health in Forestry Operations
- HSA Guide to H&S responsibilities of forest owners who fell trees
- Health & Safety Guidance for Forestry Work Manager in selecting and monitoring contractors
- Electricity at Work: Forestry
- Mechanical Harvesting
- Extraction by Forwarder
Relevant publication Three
Relevant publication Four
Relevant publications Five
- Silvicultural Guidelines for the Tending and Thinning of Broadleaves
- Farm Forestry Series No. 15 Tending and Thinning Of Broadleaf Forests
Conifers
- First thinning of conifer forests
- Timber measurement in conifer forests
- Number of trees removed during thinning
Broadleaves
Legal requirements for tree felling
Tree felling licence application form and detailed guidance notes
- Tree Felling Licence Application Form
- Felling Licence Harvest Plan template
- Tree Felling Licence Application Guidance Notes
Examples of completed application forms
- Sample Felling Licence Application Thinning Clearfell
- Sample Felling Licence Application Single Trees Line Trees
Site Notice
Further information
Relevant documents
Tree Breeding / Genetics
Past research projects
- Improving ash and sycamore
- Conservation and characterisation of Irish willows
- Co-ordination of tree breeding in Europe
- Identifying the scale of suspected hybrid ash
Current research projects
Past research projects Two
- ShortFor Project
- WINDRISK Project
- Potential of Minor Conifer Species
- Potential of Minor Conifer Species
- Broadleaf Silviculture Research and Development
- AgroCop Project
- Broadform project
- Formative shaping of broadleaves
- Ash – growth related factors identified
- Reducing windthrow losses in farm
Current research projects
Past research projects
- EARTH Project
- AgriForValor Project
- ForecastModel Project
- Forest Productivity and Management : CLUSTER Project, SUPPLYCHIP Project
- Land availability, take-up rates and economics
Further information
Forestry Videos
- thinning & felling practices
- forest valuation
- forest policy & forest management updates
- industry facts & figures
- forestry.ie,images,MiscDocs,Timber%20.Market%20Update-Spring%202014
- forestry.ie,information-links,miscellaneous-industry-statistics
- forest pests & diseases
- windblow
- forest fire prevention
- research
THINNING PRACTICES
- The Irish Thinning Protocol
- Thinning to improve stand quality – Coford Connects Research Note Silviculture, Management
- Silvicultural Guidance for Tending and Thinning of Broadleaves – Forest Service guidelines
- Teagasc Thinning Ready Reckoner – Getting Ready for Thinning
HEALTH & SAFETY REGULATIONS
- Code of Practice for Managing Safety and Health in Forestry Operations
- IFSG 301 – Using Petrol Driven Chainsaws
- Basic Chainsaw Fellling and Manual Takedown
- Chainsaw Snedding
- Chainsaw Cross Cutting and Manual Stacking
- Chainsaw Clearance and Windblow
- Chainsaw Felling of Large Trees
- Extraction by Forwarder
- Mechanical Harvesting
- Electricity at Work: Forestry
- Health & Safety Guidance for Forestry Work Manager in Selecting & Monitoring Contractors
Coford Research Information
- Irish Industry and the Economy
- Irish Forests and Climate Change
- Irish Forests and Renewable Energy
- Irish Forests and Biodiversity
- Irish Forests and Recreation
- Timber Regulation Updates
- forestservice,EUTROverview
- DAFM EUTR,FLEGT
- The European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR)- Implementation and obligations on Operators and Traders
- Gateway to International Timber Trade
- Open Timber Portal
- FLEGT licence information point
Irish Guidelines & Regulations
Forest Service, DAFM
- DAFM Publications 2019
- DAFM Publications 2018
- DAFM Publications 2017
- Fact Sheet on Irish Agriculture – 2018
- Forestry and Brexit – DAFM information on Brexit
- Brexit Fact Sheet ,Irish Agri Food Sector , January 2019
National Forest Inventory
Pesticides Regulation and Control Division, DAFM
- agriculture
- Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD) Summary Compliance Requirements post 26 November 2016
- Guidance Notes on Integrated Pest Management For Use On Irish Farms
- National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides
Fire weather index : www.met.ie
Irish Wood Producers 