Year: 2013

Kilkenny Jenkinstown woodland walk – our forests are not for sale

I was delighted to be asked to FutureProof Kilkenny's Woodland walk last Sunday at Coillte Jenkinstown woodland (walks had been organised all across Ireland to keep the pressure on the Government not to sell Irish public forest harvesting rights). I said a few words about Green Forest policy but really the day was about the…Read more Kilkenny Jenkinstown woodland walk – our forests are not for sale

Launching Greens Continuous Cover Forest policy at Irish Forestry Show, May 2013

Main points of the Irish Green Party Forestry policy (2013-16): To promote a graduated adoption to Close to Nature-Continuous Cover permanent forestry silvicultural systems and management (without clear felling), thus (i) ultimately creating permanent biodiverse forests containing trees of all ages, (ii) providing a more sustainable flow of products once the system is in place…Read more Launching Greens Continuous Cover Forest policy at Irish Forestry Show, May 2013

Further article on ecocide; a new legal framework to prevent fracking and other pollution

Not quite a month ago I presented a motion on one of my key terms for my PhD studies at the National Green Party Convention to help bring this new term into the political and public domains. I was asked to make a press statement afterward and I also wrote the following article for all…Read more Further article on ecocide; a new legal framework to prevent fracking and other pollution