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Career Opportunities at Veon

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Ireland’s leading Forestry, Ecology and Environment company, Veon Limited has over 30 years forest management experience and currently manages over 30,000 acres of high-quality commercial forests in Ireland and Scotland. The value of these assets is estimated at over €100 million. Veon are offering the following opportunities to the right candidates: Regional Manager North West. … Read more

The challenges facing the Irish Forestry sector

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Houses of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and the Marine Issues impacting the Forestry Sector in Ireland. The forestry sector is an integral part of rural communities around Ireland and helps rural life thrive. It supports local economies, provides employment opportunities and public recreational amenities. Currently it provides in the region of 12,000 jobs in … Read more

Veon Ecology team identify Red Deer tracks onsite in a forest in Co. Limerick yesterday

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Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) tracks near a stream in co. Limerick. Red deer is Ireland’s largest land mammal. Their natural habitat is mainly Woodlands, grasslands, moorlands and scrub. They prefer the areas between woodlands and open grasslands. They are herbivorous and usually eat grass and shrubs. Their lifespan is typically 18 years and they can … Read more

Ecologists note pawprints signalling spring is coming

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Pawprints such as these are one of the many signs that spring is on its way. They belong to the European badger (Meles meles), a well-known native species here in Ireland. Over winter, Badgers enter what is known as ‘winter sleep’. During this time, their activity levels are significantly reduced, and they rarely venture outside … Read more

Implications of Brexit on demand for tropical wood in the UK

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(Source: ITTO TTM Report: 25: 2 16 – 31 January 2021)  The long term effects of Brexit on UK imports of tropical wood products are still far from certain. At present, even the short term effects are obscured by the unprecedented disruption to supply chains, shipping operations and markets during the COVID pandemic. However, it … Read more

Implications of UK post‐Brexit Tariff Schedule on wood products

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Implications of UK post‐Brexit Tariff Schedule on wood products Extract from Tropical Timber Market Report (Source ITTO TTM Report: 24:23 1-31 December 2020) Major implications for timber trade as Brexit endgame nears The long drawn-out process of the UK breaking ties with the EU, which started with the referendum of July 2016, is finally in … Read more

The Right Tree in the Right Place

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Virgin Media partners with VEON to plant 50,000 trees

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Broadband, cable and television group Virgin Media has started the planting of over 50,000 trees, which it said will be completed early next year. It has partnered with forest management experts VEON to help boost national tree-planting and support the fight against climate change. Over 50,000 native broadleaf trees will be planted, creating new native woodlands in … Read more

Minister Hackett welcomes Virgin Media’s renewed Low Carbon commitment

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Minister Hackett welcomes Virgin Media’s renewed Low Carbon commitment as group announces Tree Planting Partnership with VEON Forestry

From Broadband to Broadleaf – Virgin Media’s new initiative will increase native tree cover and benefit native wildlife, in addition to ongoing wider climate action measures.

Friday, 11th December, 2020 – Ireland’s leading broadband, cable and television group Virgin Media has today made a further major commitment to climate action by starting the planting of over 50,000 trees which will be completed early next year.

Virgin Media has partnered with forest management experts VEON to help boost national tree-planting and support the fight against climate change.   Local communities, farmers and the environment will benefit from Virgin Media’s native tree planting initiative supporting sustainable forest planting.

This is part of a much bigger climate action programme in which Virgin Media has committed to achieving the Low Carbon Pledge with Business in the Community Ireland, aiming for a further 50% reduction in Virgin’s carbon footprint by 2030.  Virgin Media Ireland has already achieved a 23% reduction in carbon emissions since 2017.

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