Funding is provided to the European Forestry Institute
MINISTER of State with responsibility for forestry Andrew Doyle announced during a visit to Finland that Ireland would provide €65,000 in funding toward the European Forestry Institute (EFI).
The announcement came during a visit by the Minister to the EFI head office to Joensuu in Finland as part of the Minister’s visit to Finland for a series of engagements on agriculture and forestry related issues.
Commenting On the role of the EFI, the Minister noted :’Since its establishment, the EFI has played a key role in the co-ordination and facilitation in forest related research. Ireland has been a key partner of the EFI for many years and we have benefited in many ways, not least from their support on policy related issues in areas such as climate science and Bioeconomy development.’
Some of the €65,000 will go toward EFI’s multi-donor Trust Fund and the rest will go to REDD which will helps to combat international forest degradation. During his Finland trip, Minister of State Doyle promoted Irish food and drink in a Finnish market ad met with Finland’s Minister for European Affairs to discuss deepening relations between both countries on key issues such as Brexit and CAP funding.