ROOTS

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WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH FORESTRY IN IRELAND?

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QUIZ – WHY ARE FORESTS SO IMPORTANT?

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LOOK AT SOME OF THE HEROS AROUND IRELAND WHO ARE MOBILSING PEOPLE TO ACTION

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AN INVITATION TO ACTION

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WHERE IS IRELAND ON EUROPE’S LEAGUE TABLE OF LAND AREA COVERED BY FORESTS?

WHICH IS BETTER FOR BIODIVERSITY?

EXPLAIN WHY

PLANTATION

NATIVE FOREST

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PLANTATION

10%

NATIVE FOREST

2%

BIODIVERSITY

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH FORESTRY IN IRELAND?

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QUIZ – WHY ARE FORESTS SO IMPORTANT?

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17 POINTS

Q1 After the last ice age, about 8-9K years ago what was tree cover like in Ireland?

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Q2 What sped up the removal of trees in the Irish landscape?

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Q3 What type of trees did the state start to plant?

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Q4 Who is being incentivised to plant woodlands?

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Q5 In 2023 how much money did the government pledge to give to farmers to plant more woodland?

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Q6 Trees help address climate change by …..

1. Releasing carbon dioxide
2. Absorbing carbon dioxide
3. Storing carbon in the leaves, trunk and roots.

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Q7 True or False

1. Trees increase flooding
2. Trees make soil
3. Trees increase soil erosion (being washed or blown away)
4. Trees add nutrients to the soil.
5. Looking at a tree reduces our blood pressure and stress-related hormones in our body (cortisol and adrenaline)

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Q8 What % of the world’s largest cities rely on protected forest areas for a large proportion of their drinking water?

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a) 23%

b) 33%

c) 43%

Q9 How many acres of trees can provide the oxygen requirements of 12 people for a year?

Q10 NAME THESE 3 TREES.

A

B

C

Q1 After the last ice age, about 8-9K years ago what was tree cover like in Ireland?

Most of Ireland was covered in trees

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Q2 What sped up the removal of trees in the Irish landscape?

When humans started working with iron and agriculture

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Q3 What type of trees did the state start to plant?

Conifers

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Q4 Who is being incentivised to plant woodlands?

Farmers

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Q5 In 2023 how much money did the government pledge to give to farmers to plant more woodland?

1.3 Billion

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Q6 Trees help address climate change by …..

1. Releasing carbon dioxide
2. Absorbing carbon dioxide
3. Storing carbon in the leaves, trunk and roots.

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Q7 True or False

1. Trees increase flooding FALSE
2. Trees make soil TRUE
3. Trees increase soil erosion (being washed or blown away) FALSE
4. Trees add nutrients to the soil. TRUE
5. Looking at a tree reduces our blood pressure and stress-related hormones in our body (cortisol and adrenaline) TRUE

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Q8 What % of the world’s largest cities rely on protected forest areas for a large proportion of their drinking water?

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a) 23%

b) 33%

c) 43%

Q9 How many acres of trees can provide the oxygen requirements of 12 people for a year?��1 acre

Q10 NAME THESE 3 TREES.

A

B

C

HOLLY

HAWTHORN

OAK

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH FORESTRY IN IRELAND?

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QUIZ – WHY ARE FORESTS SO IMPORTANT?

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LOOK AT SOME OF THE HEROS AROUND IRELAND WHO ARE MOBILSING PEOPLE TO ACTION

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WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH FORESTRY IN IRELAND?

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QUIZ – WHY ARE FORESTS SO IMPORTANT?

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LOOK AT SOME OF THE HEROS AROUND IRELAND WHO ARE MOBILSING PEOPLE TO ACTION

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AN INVITATION TO ACTION

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Take a walk around your school.

Note down what nature spaces you have.

Think about how you could improve them.

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IDEAS

Orchard

Hedgerow

Planting native trees in the playground areas (containers)

An Choill Bheag

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Education for Sustainable Development Fund €5000 Sept/Oct

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