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70% of Irish adults say forests are more important during Covid – providing a mental and physical wellness boost 3/4 of Irish adults have pleasant childhood memories of visiting their local forest with family or friends and picnicking 22 March, 2021: A Coillte commissioned RED C survey* to celebrate National Tree Week, March 21 &hellip
2.2 million visits to Coillte’s most popular local forests since March, 2020 Top ten forest locations include: Dublin, Monaghan, Kildare, Wexford… Date: 16 February, 2021 Coillte reveals visitor numbers to some of its most popular recreational forests have doubled to tripled since lockdown began last year, depending on location. Overall, visitor numbers to the &hellip
Works have started once again as part of the Dublin Mountains Makeover. 2021 will see a number of harvesting and replanting operations take place across the Dublin Mountains. Harvesting works will include a mix of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) and R&R (Remove & Replant with native woodland). We know these operations can be disruptive. There &hellip
Forward looking businesses are increasingly looking for opportunities to make a real impact on the climate change and biodiversity emergency. We are very excited to be working with Bank of Ireland on developing an innovative new product which aims to create new native woodlands at scale right across Ireland for people and for nature. Development &hellip
Friday December 4th 2020 Coillte Gift Native Trees to ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Award Winners for 2020 Coillte are delighted to partner with ECO-UNESCO for this year’s Young Environmentalist Awards – gifting over 100 native saplings to this year’s winners. ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA) is an all-Ireland environmental awards programme that recognises and rewards young &hellip
Monday May 10th 2021 Coillte’s forests and forest parks remain open, as the country moves into less stringent national Covid-19 restrictions. We ask all visitors must adhere to HSE and Government guidelines, including social distancing measures when visiting our forests. As we’ve all seen during COVID19, there are substantial health and wellbeing benefits from &hellip