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Forest Service
Scope:	National
Policy area:	Forest and forestry
Type of institution:	Governmental
Field of work:	Policy
Language:	English, Irish
URL:	Forest Service website
Format:	html
Access:	Free
Publisher:	Forest Service
Country(ies):	Ireland
Date:	28/03/2012

The Forest Service (Irish :an tSeirbhís Foraoiseachta) is responsible for ensuring the development of Forestry within Ireland in a manner and to a scale that maximises its contribution to national socioeconomic well-being on a sustainable basis that is compatible with the protection of the environment.

Objective	ensuring the development of forestry within Ireland in a manner and to a scale that maximises its contribution to national socioeconomic well-being on a sustainable basis that is compatible with the protection of the environment
Thematic priority(ies)	Forest and forestry
Functions	To foster the efficient and sustainable development of forestry To increase quality planting To promote the planting of diverse species To improve the level of farmer participation in forestry To promote research and training in the sector To encourage increased employment in the sector
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions	Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Keywords	forest administration, forest policy, forest fires, forest legislation, vocational education, afforestation, national forest inventories, grants

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