The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has launched the new NeighbourWood scheme within the Forestry Programme 2023-2027. The first element of the scheme, is to provide support for silvicultural works designed to enhance existing forests and to increase their attractiveness, biodiversity and suitability for recreation. Potential operations include the removal of invasive species, coupe planting to reinvigorate stagnant canopies, and the replacement of existing conifer stands with native woodland. …Element two provides funding for suitable facilities that enable the use and enjoyment of existing woodlands and forests by people. …This acknowledges the forest environmental and climate services provided by the forest owner’s adoption and management of alternative silvicultural and recreational systems, and the associated additional costs incurred in doing so.