Conversation Beneath The Trees

S2 E1 - The future of trees on farms: Policy that works for farmers, the environment and the next generation


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In this episode, Catherine and Ray find out how Ireland is towards the top of the European league table for hedgerows and "trees outside the forest" and explore the future for biodiversity and carbon farming. We’ll hear from Gerry Lawson and Jim McAdam who both have a wealth of knowledge across the policy landscape and the progression of agroforestry and what’s coming up next.

Episode hosts:

Catherine Cleary 

Ray Ó Foghlú

Episode guests:

Gerry Lawson

Jim McAdam

Resources:

Irish Agroforestry Forum

Irish Agroforestry Forum’s FT8 booklet

Irish Agroforestry Forum - Conference Proceedings (November 2023)

European Agroforestry Federation

Professor Jim McAdam’s website

Third Level Agricultural Education in Twentieth Century Ireland with Particular Reference to Northern Ireland

Book: Advances in temperate agroforestry - Chapter 9. Types of silvopastoral system: an overview 

Monitoring Trees Outside Forests in the EU

The Falkland Islands Journal

French Chambers of Agriculture

UN Land Use, Land-Use Change & Forestry (LULUCF)

EC Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming

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AFBI NI - Soil Nutrient Health Scheme

Agrecalc - Coppice Willow for Cattle Grazing

Forestry and logging in the EU

DisneyPlus Farm Rebellion

Sophia Swan - Planning and environmental specialist at Ørsted

Native Tree Area Scheme


This podcast is produced by the ⁠Irish Agroforestry Forum⁠ and funded by the ⁠Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine⁠ Forestry Promotion Fund.

Our hosts are ⁠Catherine Cleary⁠ and ⁠Ray Ó Foghlú⁠, with design and production by Karishma Kusurkar from ⁠The Curated Pod⁠ and the project lead is  Maureen Kilgore, Manager of the Irish Agroforestry Forum.

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