The new 'Forestry & Timber Yearbook 2012' to boost the Irish Forestry sector has been launched.

The Yearbook, published by the Irish Timber Growers Association (ITGA), includes a range of useful statistics and serves to increase people's awareness of the extent of the forestry sector.

Welcoming the publication, Shane McEntee TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Forestry, said: "Over the years, the Yearbook has provided up-to-date, practical information on forestry establishment, management advice and best practice to forest owners and has assisted the Department in highlighting threats to our national forest resource such as disease and fire. I am glad to see that the 2012 edition has been expanded further and is also being distributed to bookshops around the country for, I believe, the first time in many years, thereby making it more accessible and visible to the general public."

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The Minister concluded by saying that he looked forward to continuing working with the ITGA and making a strong contribution to the country's economic recovery.

(HMcE/CD)