In this episode, Catherine and Ray find out how Ireland is towards the top of the European league table for hedgerows and "trees outside the forest" and explore the future for biodiversity and carbon farming. We’ll hear from Gerry Lawson and Jim McAdam who both have a wealth of knowledge across the policy landscape and the progression of agroforestry and what’s coming up next. Episode hosts: Catherine Cleary  Ray Ó Foghlú Episode guests: Gerry Lawson Jim McAdam Resources: Irish Agroforestry Forum Irish Agroforestry Forum’s FT8 booklet Irish Agroforestry Forum - Conference Proceedings (November 2023) European Agroforestry Federation Professor Jim McAdam’s website Third Level Agricultural Education in Twentieth Century Ireland with Particular Reference to Northern Ireland Book: Advances in temperate agroforestry - Chapter 9. Types of silvopastoral system: an overview  Monitoring Trees Outside Forests in the EU The Falkland Islands Journal French Chambers of Agriculture UN Land Use, Land-Use Change & Forestry (LULUCF) EC Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming View through a window may influence recovery from surgery AFBI NI - Soil Nutrient Health Scheme Agrecalc - Coppice Willow for Cattle Grazing Forestry and logging in the EU DisneyPlus Farm Rebellion Sophia Swan - Planning and environmental specialist at Ørsted Native Tree Area Scheme This podcast is produced by the ⁠Irish Agroforestry Forum⁠ and funded by the ⁠Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine⁠ Forestry Promotion Fund. Our hosts are ⁠Catherine Cleary⁠ and ⁠Ray Ó Foghlú⁠, with design and production by Karishma Kusurkar from ⁠The Curated Pod⁠ and the project lead is  Maureen Kilgore, Manager of the Irish Agroforestry Forum.