Coillte’s €2bn strategy proposes 22% increase in forestry

A €2 billion Coillte plan to boost forestry, tourism and jobs hinges on an end to licensing delays and a national land-use policy, the company’s directors say. State forestry business Coillte has pledged to add an further 100,000 hectares of woodland to the 440,000 it already manages by 2050 in a strategy mapping the company’s…