Coillte, the semi-state forestry company, has decided not to appeal the recent planning refusal for its proposed peatland rehabilitation project in Doire Chláir, Co na Gaillimhe.
The company had proposed a 343-hectare forest and bogland rehabilitation project in the Inagh Valley near Sraith Salach.
The ten-year project would have seen the removal of commercial sitka and pine trees, the establishment of native forestry and rewetting an extensive area of Atlantic blanket bog.
However, last month Galway County Council refused planning permission citing possible "adverse impacts" on the integrity of adjacent special areas of conservation and sensitive areas to which the Doire Chláir site is linked.
In a statement today, the semi-state forest management company said it remains fully committed to its ambition to redesign 30,000 hectares of peatland forests by 2050 for climate and ecological benefits.
It said Coillte will now "engage with its key stakeholders, including Galway County Council, to work through potential options for delivering on its ambition going forward".
