The Department of Agriculture and Food’s specialised section, COFORD, has funded a number of projects to encourage thinning in the private forestry sector and to develop markets for the small-diameter timber produced by thinning, particularly to the renewable energy sector where there is an increasing demand for energy wood in the form of small diameter logs from thinning operations.<\/p>\n
In addition, the forest road scheme operated by the Department of Agriculture and Food provides grant aid for the construction of forest roads to facilitate timber extraction from thinning in private forests in a cost-effective manner. Some reductions in agricultural emissions have resulted from external factors such as Common Agricultural Policy reform.<\/p>\n\n
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