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===Land and forestry=== Like many parts of Munster, Cork has fertile agricultural land and many bog and peatlands. Cork has around 74,000 hectares of peatlands, which amount to 9.8% of the county's total land area. Cork has the highest share of the national forest area, with around {{cvt|90020|ha|acre}} of forest and woodland area, constituting 11.6% of the national total and approximately 12% of Cork's land area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/65294-irelands-national-forest-inventory/ |title=National Forestry Inventory, Third Cycle 2017 |work=DAFM |date=17 November 2020 |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620124029/https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/65294-irelands-national-forest-inventory/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It is home to one of the last remaining pieces of native woodland in Ireland and Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baraniuk |first=Chris |title=What would a truly wild Ireland look like? |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210211-rewilding-can-ireland-regrow-its-wilderness |access-date=18 February 2021 |website=BBC |date=12 February 2021 |language=en |archive-date=17 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217105438/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210211-rewilding-can-ireland-regrow-its-wilderness |url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Mizen head ireland.png|thumbnail|right|[[Mizen Head]] is the most south-westerly point of both Cork and Ireland]]
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