An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made some media-friendly tree hugging prouncements. / Philip Doyle
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Forestry caused a mainstream furore over the weekend when An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar tweeted that the Government was committed to planting 440m trees over the next two decades.
A good day for tree-huggers and climate activists everywhere.
Varadkar said the target was “achievable” but failed to say that 440m trees equates to 8,000 ha/year – a target that the Government has already set and consistently missed over the last number of years.
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We want many more trees in Ireland, as part of our plan on climate action. 440 million is a huge number but it’s achievable if all landowners plant just some of their land. We are willing to make it financially worthwhile. https://t.co/MmX2sGqXM7
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Forestry caused a mainstream furore over the weekend when An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar tweeted that the Government was committed to planting 440m trees over the next two decades.
A good day for tree-huggers and climate activists everywhere.
Varadkar said the target was “achievable” but failed to say that 440m trees equates to 8,000 ha/year – a target that the Government has already set and consistently missed over the last number of years.
We want many more trees in Ireland, as part of our plan on climate action. 440 million is a huge number but it’s achievable if all landowners plant just some of their land. We are willing to make it financially worthwhile. https://t.co/MmX2sGqXM7
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