Coillte

Coillte, Ireland’s semi-state forestry company, is responsible for managing 440,000 hectares of primarily forested lands. It is the nation’s largest forester and producer of certified wood, a natural, renewable and sustainable resource. Coillte is also the largest provider of outdoor recreation in Ireland, it enables wind-energy on the estate, processes forestry by-products and undertakes nature rehabilitation projects of scale. Coillte delivers the multiple benefits of forestry, including forests for climate, aiming to increase the amount of carbon stored in our forests, for nature, diversifying our forests and increasing biodiversity, for wood, producing a sustainable supply of certified timber and promoting innovative wood products and for people, creating world class visitor destinations and rural jobs.

Coillte is part of a wider forestry sector, that together manages approximately 12% of Ireland’s land, supports 12,000 jobs and contributes €2.3 billion to the economy annually.

• Total forest area managed by member: 440 000 ha
• Total number of: employees: 810 people
• Annual harvest in: 2 459 000 m³