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SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABLE WOODLAND MANAGEMENT

Woodland Improvement Scheme

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. 

Who is it for?

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. 


What do I get?

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  


How will it help me?

This support can help you to: 

  • Maintain healthier woodland  

  • Improve biodiversity and protect the environment 

  • Balance timber production with environmental benefits


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