National & International Links
All staff in UCD Forestry are active on national and international forums, representing UCD and Irish forestry, to ensure the expertise present in UCD Forestry is used to inform national and international decision making, and also to guarantee that UCD Forestry will be part of any future research consortia and that the strengths and research needs of Irish forestry are recognized in an international context.
Examples are :
- IUFRO (International Unions of Forest Research Organisations),
- EFI (European Forest Institute),
- EU COST Actions,
- ICRAF (The World Agroforestry Centre),
- Silvanet (the network of forestry universities in Europe),
- Irish Forest Policy Review groups,
- COFORD forest research review groups,
- FTEI (Forestry Training and Education Ireland).