Forestry and Wood Update MARCH 2004 - Volume 4 Number 3 CONTENTS COFORD Agriculture , Belfield, 4, . Tel: (01) 7167700 Fax: (01) 7161180 Email: Web: needed, but a strong and integrated implementation National Forest Strategy: plan is also required. A vision for the future This conference aims to inform the debate and This conference will be held on 12 2004 at the process around the review. Speakers will focus on Johnstown House hotel, Enfield, Co Meath. the role that the forest and forest products sectors can For the past eight years the Irish forest industry play in a modern Irish economy. They will comment has operated under the government strategy set out in on how a strategy for a long-term business such as The operating environment Growing for the Future. forestry can and should be formulated and executed in which the forest and forest products sectors now to ensure that the returns on private capital and State compete has changed dramatically since the strategy investment are optimised. was launched in 1996. It is against this background The is targeted at professionals within the that the Department of Agriculture announced a industry, policy and regulation makers, forest strategy review to take place during 2004. owners, environmentalists and those involved with All sectors of the industry have welcomed the related sectors. review. However, not only strategic change is The conference will be chaired by Mr Michael
Forestry and Wood Update MARCH 2004 - Volume 4 Number 3 CONTENTS COFORD Agriculture , Belfield, 4, . Tel: (01) 7167700 Fax: (01) 7161180 Email: Web: National Forest Strategy: A vision for the future This conference will be held on 12 2004 at the Johnstown House hotel, Enfield, Co Meath. For the past eight years the Irish forest industry has operated under the government strategy set out in Growing for the Future. The operating environment in which the forest and forest products sectors now compete has changed dramatically since the strategy was launched in 1996. It is against this background that the Department of Agriculture announced a strategy review to take place during 2004. All sectors of the industry have welcomed the review. However, not only strategic change is needed, but a strong and integrated implementation plan is also required. This conference aims to inform the debate and process around the review. Speakers will focus on the role that the forest and forest products sectors can play in a modern Irish economy. They will comment on how a strategy for a long-term business such as forestry can and should be formulated and executed to ensure that the returns on private capital and State investment are optimised. The is targeted at professionals within the industry, policy and regulation makers, forest owners, environmentalists and those involved with related sectors. The conference will be chaired by Mr Michael
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