The Social Economic Environmental Forestry Association of Ireland (SEEFA) has welcomed the announcement by Minister of State for forestry Michael Healy-Rae of a windblow reconstitution scheme for private forest owners affected by Storm Darragh and Storm Éowyn earlier this year.
The scheme has been introduced to financially support forest owners with replanting forestry damaged by storms Darragh and Éowyn.
These storms resulted in an estimated 26,000ha of forests being windblown, of which approximately 11,500ha were mainly farmer-owned forests.
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