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Coillte ((:ˈkəilʲtʲə), meaning "Forests"/"Woods") is a state-sponsored company in Ireland, based in Newtownmountkennedy. Coillte is a commercial company operating in forestry, land-based businesses and added-value processing operations.〔(Coillte Website )〕 ==Operation== The company was established on 8 December 1988 and is owned by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Minister for Finance on behalf of the Irish Government.〔(Companies Registration Office records ), number 138108〕 The new company replaced the old Forestry Commission. Coillte employs approximately 1,000 people〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Coillte website - About us section )〕 and has three subsidiaries. The Coillte estate is 4,450 square kilometres of which 79% is forest; it manages 70% of forests in the country. In 20 years of operation between 1989 and 2009, Coillte had: *Increased its forest estate from 376,000ha to 445,421 ha. (445,315 ha are forested) *Increased profits from a loss of €438K to profits of €4.2 million (2009) *Grown turnover from €38 million to €206.9 million (2009) *Increased roundwood sales from 1.5 million cubic metres to 2.4 million cubic metres.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Coillte Website History Page )〕 According to the Coillte website, 15% (88,000 hectares) of the estate is managed with biodiversity as the primary objective. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coillte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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