How can we help?
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Woodland Improvement Scheme (WIS) provides financial support to forest owners to manage and improve existing woodlands.
It supports work such as thinning trees, maintaining agroforestry and changing to more continuous woodland cover, helping to improve woodland health and protect biodiversity.
Talk to us if you are:
An individual or company that owns, leases or jointly manages woodland
Looking for financial support to carry out eligible woodland management work
Here are all the terms and conditions.
Once approved, you’ll get:
All the advice you need
A grant of €1,200 per treated hectare for eligible woodland management work
Support for activities such as thinning and tending, agroforestry maintenance and continuous cover forestry
Additional payments for other activities
This support can help you to:
Maintain healthier woodland
Improve biodiversity and protect the environment
Balance timber production with environmental benefits