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The area of national forest estate in Ireland has increased to approximately 700,000 hectares as a result of a significant increase in private forest development in the mid-1980s, with the introduction of grant schemes funded by the EU aimed at encouraging private land owners, mainly farmers, to become involved in forestry.
1.1.1 Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. 2 ... The following is a list of ecoregions in Ireland as ... Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of ...
These woodlands are also variously referred to as Atlantic rainforest, Upland Oakwoods, Atlantic Oakwoods or Western Oakwoods. Today, the Celtic Rainforest exists as small fragments of the temperate rainforest that once covered much of Ireland and the west coast of Great Britain. The majority of these fragments occur on steep-sided slopes above ...
Portions of western Ireland and Scotland are in the North Atlantic moist mixed forests ecoregion, and the Scottish Highlands are in the Caledonian forest ecoregion. Southeastern and south-central England are in the English Lowlands beech forests ecoregion.
Forests and woodlands of the Republic of Ireland (1 C, 48 P) Pages in category "Forests and woodlands of Ireland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Clearing of forests began in the Neolithic Age and accelerated following the Tudor Conquest, resulting in forest cover of only 1% by the start of the twentieth century. [51] As of 2017, total tree cover in the Republic of Ireland stood at 11% of land area [ 52 ] but the figure for native forest stood at just 2% in 2018, the third lowest in ...
Pages in category "Forests and woodlands of the Republic of Ireland" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The North Atlantic moist mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion in Northwestern Europe. It consists of maritime forests and heathlands on the western and northern coasts of Ireland, Scotland, and neighboring islands. The ecoregion has undergone major habitat loss.