Myers pronounces on forestry

Silvics

Just read Kevin Myers attack on Coillte-limited in his understanding I think and erroneous "...the grants that Coillte gives for afforestation...".
Coillte has its faults, but in its various incarnations has provided us with the basis for a sound forest products sector.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/how-can-coillte-which-speaks-in-such-gibberish-to-its-stakeholders-you-and-me-save-the-land-from-ruin-3160342.html

greenfingers89

his ignorance is astounding, im surprised he was allowed publish such a poorly researched article. it reads to me like a rant from his kitchen window looking out across a farm. hasnt even heard of the forest service by the sounds of it

Silvics

greenfingers89 wrote: »

his ignorance is astounding, im surprised he was allowed publish such a poorly researched article. it reads to me like a rant from his kitchen window looking out across a farm. hasnt even heard of the forest service by the sounds of it

Precisely

Oldtree

Very odd, but he always struck me as arrogant and in this article he is very condesending to rural people. He fails to understand that the landscape he looks at is an industrial one, not some rose tinted natural utopia painting there for his pleasure. He does not appear to know very much about trees either.

Should he wish to change the landscape he should go out and buy some and walk the walk, otherwise it is up to the owner of the land as to how it is managed.

Personally i think there is a great future in wood esp firewood even on a small scale for personal use and am following through with that.