All counties in the Shannonside Northern Sound region recorded as decrease in their forestry cover last year.
The level of coniferous forestry in Cavan almost halved between 2018 and 2019 and the overall number of hectares of forestry in Longford overall dropped from a total of 171 hectares to just 62 last year.
The Department of Agriculture's annual forestry report reveals how much forestry is planted in each county and the type of tree cover represented.
According to its 2019 report, all counties in the Shannonside Northern sound region recorded a decrease in the available size of forestry plantation last year.
However Leitrim, where forestry has been a contentious issue for a number of years saw its broadleaf tree cover decrease from 55 to 45 hectares, with no change to its coniferous forestry.
This was in contrast to Cavan where the number of hectares of coniferous forestry decreased from 252 to 130 hectares in 12 months - with broadleaf decreasing from 69 to 37 hectares.
Just 15 hectares of broadleaf forestry were recorded in Longford last year - compared to 35 the year before and evergreen trees such as Sitka Spruce plantations from 136 to 47.
Monghan recorded a slight decrease in broadleaf and coniferous hectare with the number of hectares of coniferous plantation in Roscommon decreasing from 316 to 252.]
