Woodlands of Ireland Conference 2024 Day 2

“Protective tree cover in catchments”
Location: Castle Saunderson International Scouting Centre, Co. Cavan, Republic of Ireland
Optional Early morning walk around Castle Saunderson estate landscape
9.10am: Local Authority Water Programme (LAWPRO) – Jimmy McVeigh
9.30am: Inland Fisheries Ireland – Declan Cooke
9..50am: Irish Agroforestry Forum – Maureen Kilgore
10.10am: Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – buffering and
water related schemes, climate resilient reforestation, native woodland establishment,
agroforestry – Andrew Kirwan.
10.30am: Uisce Éireann – David Fallon
10.50am: Break
11.10am: Northern Ireland Water – Roy Taylor
11.30am: Tree cover buffering of salmon rivers in Northern Ireland – Roy Spence.
11.50pm: Water mapping remote sensing technology, tree cover and nutrient flow absorption
and disruption – TBC.
12.10pm: Panel discussion – Chair: Ella McSweeney
12.30pm-2.15pm: Lunch from The Cottage Market Cavan (Pre-order link)
“Community involvement in Forest Management”
2.15pm: Timber utilisation, traditional crafts display and organisation stands viewing.
2.45pm: The Native Woodland Trust – Jeremy Casey.
3.05pm: Rathcoole Woodland Dublin – Annie Flynn and colleagues.
3.25pm: Hometree – Ray Ó Foghlú
3.45pm: Break.
4.05pm: Magilligan Tree Nursery – Aisling Gribbin
4.25pm: ‘Community Involvement in Forest Management in Nepal’ – Bhupendra Yadav*
4.55pm: Panel discussion – Chair: Diarmuid McAree
5.15pm-5.30pm: Brief introduction to Annagh lough Wood visit and close of main talks
7pm: Conference Dinner at Derragarra Inn, Butlersbridge.
* https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150937/how-nepal-regenerated-its-forests