Forestry Opportunities Map “The right trees in the right places for the right reasons”
Dec 2024
Published by: Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine. Johnstown Castle
Estate

The shp files are listed in the report as follows
Component Map Layers of the Opportunities Map include

• NPWS Designated Sites: Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), National Heritage Areas (NHAs),
  Proposed NHAs, Special Protection Areas (SPAs), and National Parks.
• Water Bodies: Streams, lakes, and reservoirs (sourced from the EPA landcover map).
• Existing landcover including urban areas and waterbodies: From the EPA landcover map.
• High Nature Value Farmland: Identified by Teagasc.
• Source Protection Areas and Drinking Water Abstraction Points: Mapped by the Geological Survey
  Ireland (GSI).
• High-Status Objective Waterbodies: Data from the EPA.
• Freshwater Pearl Mussel Catchments: Data provided by the NPWS
• Potentially Fisheries-Sensitive Areas: Compiled in consultation with the Inland Fisheries (see
  Forestry Scheme Manual, July 2024).
• Potentially Acid-Sensitive Areas (see Forestry Scheme Manual, July 2024).
• Areas with bird species of high conservation importance: Spatial data compiled from the NPWS and
  BirdWatch Ireland.
• National Monuments / Architectural Heritage: Data from the National Monument Service.
• Soils data: Provided by Teagasc
• Forest Productivity Map: Developed by Teagasc.
• Existing Forest Cover: Information from DAFM and Coillte

Data sources:

High Nature Value Farmland Teagasc – https://t-stor.teagasc.ie/handle/11019/1659

Coillte Subcompartment Database – Contact Coillte Directly (enquiries to
sharon.fitzpatrick@coillte.ie)

NPWS Designated Sites: Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), National Heritage Areas (NHAs),
Proposed NHAs, Special Protection Areas (SPAs), and National Parks – See https://data.gov.ie/ and
or https://www.npws.ie/maps-and-data

National Landcover Map -https://www.epa.ie/our-services/monitoring–assessment/assessment/mapping/national-land-cover-map/ and https://tailte.ie/en

Source Protection Areas and Drinking Water Abstraction Points see https://www.gsi.ie and or
https://data.gov.ie/

EPA High-Status Objective Waterbodies – see https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download

Freshwater Pearl Mussel Catchments: – See https://data.gov.ie/ and or https://www.npws.ie/maps-
and-data

National Monuments / Architectural Heritage: – See https://data.gov.ie/ or
https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d2
96436d8f60f8

Soils data: – ISIS Map

Private Forests Database: – https://opendata.agriculture.gov.ie/dataset/dafm-private-forest-estate-
2023