In November, we were joined on our Community Planting Day by the wonderful NIHBS Native Irish Honeybee Society beekeepers Aideen Day and Hergen Bayer who manage hives on our Cloudforest sites.

With the festive season just around the corner, it’s a time to wind down & reflect on the year just gone, while also looking ahead to the year to come. We all have our own traditions and rituals for this time of the year. But, one tradition which is practically universal all around the world is the humble Christmas Tree. 

But, how did these natural, evergreen pillars become a festive superstars?

There is no doubt about it; forestry is an underutilized weapon in the fight against Carbon Emissions, especially in Ireland. This point has recently been underlined by Forest Industries Ireland (FII), who have said forestry could potentially provide over 300 million tonnes of additional carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration by 2050

Bogs (otherwise known as Peatlands) are a type of wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material like shrubs. They occur throughout the midlands of Ireland..they are also key components in the fight against Climate Change.