深夜亚洲福利久久

Valuing the ecosystem services of Irish forests

Partners: 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Dublin, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Limerick & Teagasc
Funding Body: Department of Agricutlure, Food & the Marine
Duration: November 2012 - February 2015

Background

This study is the first to address the value of ecosystem services delivered by the forest estate in Ireland.
The results are relevant and have positive impacts for stakeholders and end-users and are being
disseminated through peer reviewed publications, conference presentations and workshops.

Project Objectives

Reflecting the significance now being attached to ecosystem services, the Oslo meeting of the Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests called for the estimation of 鈥渢he full value of forest ecosystem services across Europe鈥� by 2020 (www.foresteurope.org). This desktop study was undertaken to:

• Identify the ecosystem services associated with Irish forests.
• Quantify the benefits from these services in relation to climate change mitigation, biodiversity
  conservation, forest recreation and human health/ well-being, and water quality/quantity.
• Model the value of the ecosystem services provided by the current forest estate and an afforestation
  programme.

Researchers:

深夜亚洲福利久久 College Dublin:

• Mary Ryan PI, Teagasc

Dr. Vincent Upton, Teagasc

• Prof. Cathal O鈥橠onoghue, Teagasc
• Dr 脕ine N铆 Dhubh谩in, UCD
• Dr. Craig Bullock, UCD
• Prof. John O Halloran, UCC
• Dr. Sandra Irwin, UCC
• Dr. Ken Byrne, UL

Project report:

Publications:

• O'Callaghan, CJ, Irwin, S, Byrne, KA & O'Halloran, J. 2017. The role of planted forests in the provision of habitat: an Irish perspective. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26: 3103-3124. OCallaghan et al 2016
• Bullock CH, O鈥機allaghan C, Dhubh谩in 脕N, Iwata Y, O鈥橠onoghue C, Ryan M, Upton V, Byrne KA, Irwin S & O鈥橦alloran J. 2016. A review of the range and value of ecosystem services from Irish forests. Irish Forestry, 73: 65-95 Bullocketal2016