Forestry Focus

Reports and Conferences

Biodiversity and Forestry
In Social and Economic Aspects of Biodiversity. A report on ecosystem services valuation for the Dept. of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by Optimize Consultancy (2007).

Video: Irish forests are critical to Irish biodiversity
Interview with Prof John O’Halloran, UCC at the 2nd: Second International Conference on Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes

Second International Conference on Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes.
University College Cork.  August 2012.

Opportunities for biodiversity enhancement in plantation forests
Proceedings of the COFORD seminar, 24 October 2002, Cork.

Video clip: Biodiversity in our forests 
Presented by Duncan Stewart

Conservation Management of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel
Irish Wildlife Manual No. 8.

Distribution and population dynamics of the Kerry Slug
Irish Wildlife Manual No. 54.

An assessment of the use of conifer plantations by the Kerry Slug Geomalacus maculosus with reference to the potential impacts of forestry operations
Irish Wildlife Manual No. 64.

Republic of Ireland Hen Harrier Survey 2010
Irish Wildlife Manual No. 59

The Otter in Ireland
NPWS leaflet

Bats and Forestry
NPWS leaflet