Coillte have extensively afforested the island. Similar rights apply to many of the afforested areas. Similar rights apply to some of the afforested areas. There has been varying degrees of human involvement in afforested regions. Through conservation, a large region of Thal desert has been afforested. In 1934 the same is afforested with funds of the Municipality. Much of its western flanks are afforested with conifer plantations. Buckland Hall sits at the foot of the hill's afforested northwestern side. One study examined the reduced water quality of watersheds downstream of afforested conifer plantations. He chose various species of trees that he tested on the substrate to be afforested. The afforested mountain slopes serve as water reservoirs. It is thus a sandy geest terrain, afforested with pines. Since then it has become one of the largest afforested regions in the country. Barren mountains and wasteland afforested an area of 3.3 thousand hectares. The afforested areas comprise 70 percent of the total area.