- The new exhibition at ENFO features information on recreation and nature
   conservation in Coillte's forests

Thursday 21st  May, Dublin. Coillte, the forestry and forest products company, will be celebrating International Biodiversity Day tomorrow at its new exhibition "Healthy Forests, Healthy People", at the offices of ENFO in Dublin. To help mark the day, Coillte will be giving away a limited number of free native saplings on Friday.  

"Healthy Forests, Healthy People" is an exhibition show-casing the environmental and recreational amenity provided by Coillte's forests. It features recreation, habitat restoration and the management of biodiversity on the company's estate, and has just been launched this week - Biodiversity Week.

Coillte ecologist, Pat Neville commented that: "Coillte recognises the central role that forests play for nature conservation and biodiversity and today we are actively restoring some of Ireland's most important woodland habitats. As Ireland's leading forestry company, we are delighted to participate in Biodiversity Week by organising this exhibition here at ENFO during May and June, and are encouraging people to go for a walk in their local Coillte forest to enjoy nature in a healthy and sustainable way."

This exhibition is currently on display in ENFO, 17 St Andrew's Street (off Grafton Street) Dublin 2.

Featured in this exhibition are Coillte's contribution to: 

• The Dublin Mountains Partnership (DMP) established alongside local authorities and recreation users to provide an improved recreation experience on the public lands in the Dublin Mountains
• Over 2,000 km of walking and cycling trails across some of the most beautiful Irish landscape
• More than 150 recreation sites and 10 forest parks maintained by the company
• Quality trees for quality forests grown by Coillte Nurseries
• Responsibly managed forests: 88,000 hectares of Coillte's estate managed with biodiversity as the primary objective

Also on display will be samples of native Irish tree and shrub species available from Coillte Nurseries.  A series of lunchtime lectures will be held each Thursday at 1.15p.m. during June (upstairs in ENFO).  Lectures will include topics such as  Biodiversity, Nature Conservation and Recreation.

Coillte are very grateful to ENFO, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government for facilitating this exhibition. 

For more information see: www.coillteoutdoors.ie 

Exhibition enquiries should be directed to:

Angela Wallace
Email: angela.wallace@coillte.ie
Mobile: 086 2502571

 

Media Queries:

Tom Byrne
Coillte
Tel: 086 810 4224

 

Note to Editors

 

About Coillte:

Coillte is a commercial State-owned company operating in forestry, panel products manufacturing, land management and energy. The Group owns 445,000 hectares of land, 7% of the land of Ireland, and a number of manufacturing operations. The Group employs approx 1,200 people in Ireland, the UK and Holland. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Area represented / Person giving the lecture	Date(s) in June
Biodiversity on the Coillte Estate – Pat Neville	4th June
*Dublin Mountain Partnership – Karen Woods	11th June
Woodland Restoration LIFE Project – Breda Lyons	18th June
*Recreation / Coillte Outdoors – Bill Murphy	25th June