For the first time this year the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs have produced a greenspace map of areas over two hectares that the public have access to.
This includes natural spaces and trails landowners allow people to visit, including urban and country parks. And it shows just how much of NI is off limits to all of us.I’m not going to get into who owns what and what we use our land for - we know most of it is farmed and we need food.
Ireland’s first settlers are said to have arrived around 9,000 years ago and like indigenous tribes in the Amazon, relied on trees for everything from building homes, to hunting weapons, firewood, boats, medicines and even clothing. By 1600 less than 20% of Ireland was covered in forest and their decline was accelerated by the 17th century Plantations of Ireland, when large amounts of trees were felled for new villages and homes.Teagasc adds: “The late 19th century saw many mobile sawmills travelling around Ireland cutting down the last few remaining forests.
In that time they say the public have paid 60,000 visits to the site, which was opened to the public for the first time in 500 years.Ian McCurley, Woodland Trust Northern Ireland Director said: “As Northern Ireland doesn’t allow unrestricted access for the public, opening up Mourne Park has given us an ideal opportunity to provide access that historically hasn't been available – giving the public the chance to reap the benefits of this beautiful site.
Northern Ireland could be a much greener place, with even more space for the people to enjoy biodiversity I hope will thrive again - we just have to find a way to make it happen and that begins with educating people about why trees and nature are so important.
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