Paddy Purser

Celebrating over 2 decades of closer-to-nature forestry practice in Ireland with Pro Silva International

Celebrating over 2 decades of closer-to-nature forestry practice in Ireland with Pro Silva International - I was delighted, recently, to be involved, as a longtime committee member of Pro Silva Ireland to help host the international Pro Silva delegates' 3-day meeting and forest site visits in County Wicklow June 14-16, 2023. Very experienced Close-to-Nature forestry delegates attended from 22 countries and generously shared their expertise, research, and how they are facing mounting ecological challenges in their forestry sectors in Europe and the United Kingdom.

Stories for a Wiser Forestry – arguing for the “right forestry practice in the right place”: Edinburgh Botanic Gardens with Creative Carbon Scotland

See my follow-up post here I was delighted to have been asked to contribute from Ireland to a Creative Carbon Scotland 'Green Tease', event in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, on 26 March 2023. I was asked to respond to the phrase -"The Right Tree in the Right Place" but found myself arguing instead for…Read more Stories for a Wiser Forestry – arguing for the “right forestry practice in the right place”: Edinburgh Botanic Gardens with Creative Carbon Scotland

Ecological forestry at Leinster house

Continuous Cover Forestry consultant Paddy Purser and Chair of Pro Silva Ireland, Liam Byrne before presenting a statement to Joint Committee on Climate Action at the Oireachtas, Dublin on behalf of Pro Silva Ireland. 11 December 2019. Photo: Cathy Fitzgerald. Many of you familiar with my work to transform Hollywood from a monoculture Sitka spruce…Read more Ecological forestry at Leinster house