RDS-Forest Service
Irish Forest and Woodland Awards
Celebrating and rewarding excellence in Irish Forestry since 1988
€15,000 Prize Fund
Category 4 – Community Woodlands Award
 The winner of this category will receive €2,000 and an RDS Silver Medal
 The runner-up will receive €1,000 and an RDS Certificate of Merit
Name of Woodland
Contact Person
Contact Address
Telephone Number
Mobile Phone Number
Email Address
Location of Property
Please include images, a site map and a clear location map with your application;
Also provide the name of the nearest town/village and distance from same.
Please Note: Failure to include a clear location map will result in your application
being rejected.
Total Area of Woodlands Entered
Note: There is no minimum/maximum area required in this
category. However, the entry must include a block of
woodland, as distinct from linear trees in urban projects.
Date Established
Note: Greenfield sites will not be eligible unless they are
more than 10 years old or incorporate existing mature trees.
Access
Please indicate if inspection paths are present in the
woodland.
Yes
No
Tell us about your Community Woodland
Please describe your forest/woodland and tell us why you think your entry would
make a worthy winner of this award.
Have you previously entered the RDS-Forest Service Irish Forest and Woodlands
Awards?
Note: First Place Award winners in the previous four years are not eligible to enter
in 2017.
Yes/No
If yes please give details
Completed Entry Form, Layout Plan, and Location Map, should be returned to:
RDS-Forest Service Irish Forest and Woodland Awards
RDS,
Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4
Or via email to [email protected]
On or Before: Friday, July 14, 2017.
Please note the judges may wish, but are not obliged, to inspect a woodland
following a study of the completed entry form.
For further information please contact the RDS on 01 240 7215,
or email [email protected]
The Community Woodland Award
 The Community Woodland Award is designed to encourage and reward
projects involving community woodlands and forests which have been
established and managed in a way which is sustainable and beneficial to the
landscape, the local people, biodiversity and the economy.
 Entries are invited from woodland owners or managers from the public and
voluntary sectors.
 Eligible projects are those that use trees, woods and forests to address one or
more of the following:
 to improve the places where people live
 to bring benefits to people e.g. health and well-being, recreation, education
and training
 to strengthen communities e.g. diversity and inclusion, volunteering and
active participation