Restoring Ireland’s Natural Capital
Afforestation Project
Srunahella, County Westmeath, Ireland
Project Goals
Personal Accountability
Convert 6-hectares of agricultural grazing land into a native Irish forest to offset my family of four’s lifetime carbon emissions and leave this land in a perpetual state of healthy forestry thereby providing environmental services greater than our family’s environmental debt.
Land that was originally a forest
Land Purchased
6.2 hectare / 15.5 acres
Land Parcel WH3145
L5744
Srunahella, Castlepollard
County Westmeath
Ireland
Location: 53.68688° N, 7.27198° W
Afforestation Plan
Forest Types to be Planted
I plan to plant 15,000 trees in three forest types:
Forest Type 7: Diverse Broadleaf
Alnus glutinosa, Alnus cordata, Nothofagus procera, Betula pubescens, Betula pendula, Prunus avium, Castanea sativa, Carpinus betulus, Tilia europaea, Tilia platyphyllos, Tilia cordata, Acer platanoides, Quercus rubra, Sorbus aucuparia, Acer pseudoplatanus
Forest Type 10: Continuous Cover Forestry
Alnus glutinosa, Alnus cordata, Fagus sylvatica, Nothofagus procera, Betula pubescens, Betula pendula, Thuja plicata, Prunus avium, Castanea sativa, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Cupressus macrocarpa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies grandis, Tsuga heterophylla, Carpinus betulus, Larix decidua, Tilia europaea, Tilia platyphyllos, Tilia cordata, Acer platanoides, Quercus robur, Quercus rubra, Quercus petraea, Pinus nigra, var. maritima, Pinus nigra, var. laricio, Pinus contorta, Pinus radiata, Pinus sylvestris, Sequoia sempervirens, Sorbus aucuparia, Picea abies, Picea omorika, Picea sitchensis, Acer pseudoplatanus
Forest Type 11: Mixed High Forests
Thuja plicata, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Cupressus macrocarpa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies grandis, Tsuga heterophylla, Larix decidua, Pinus nigra, var. laricio, Pinus contorta, Pinus radiata, Pinus sylvestris, Sequoia sempervirens, Picea abies, Picea omorika
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