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Climate and environment
Government to launch major review of wildlife legislation in summer
Amy Forde
An extensive public consultation on the review of Ireland’s wildlife legislation is to open in mid-June.
20 May 2024 News
National Biodiversity Week celebrates Ireland's 600 Natura 2000 sites
This week celebrates National Biodiversity Week and Minister Malcolm Noonan has called on the public to immerse themselves in the natural world and celebrate the diversity of life.
15 May 2024 News
New platform launched to trade farm carbon
Management at ConnectGreen claim to have 2,000 acres on their books, and plenty of multinational demand for the carbon and biodiversity credits.
Pedigree cattle and pollinators in Kildare
The Pollinators EIP Project is a valuable reminder of the role farmers play in integrating biodiversity into farming practice, writes Brendan Dunford.
15 May 2024 Footprint Farmers
Meet the candidates in the Ireland South constituency
It’s a crowded field in the South constituency, so we have put questions to the prominent farming candidates across the main farming issues. Pat O’Toole reports.
15 May 2024 News
1% of farms own 70% of global farmland new study reveals
The new worldwide study also highlighted that global land prices have doubled in the 15 years since 2008.
14 May 2024 News
Local and organic hot meal for every child in school - Green Party proposal
In its local election manifesto 2024, the Green Party said primary school children should get a meal that is as “locally sourced and organic as possible”.
14 May 2024 News
Ireland leads call for Nature Restoration Law to be adopted by EU
The move from Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan, calling for the law to be passed at the next Environment Council meeting in June, has been supported by 10 other member states.
14 May 2024 News
Simpler farm schemes see better buy-in from farmers
Taking scheme paperwork away from farmers and leaving them with a clear message on environmental payments would see more farmers enter these schemes, Brendan Dunford of the Burren Ceo Trust has said.
8 May 2024 News
New video series: a springtime look onto Footprint Farms
It’s the busiest time of year for farmers and wildlife alike and we’ve been recording what both are up to on Footprint Farms, writes Emma Hart.
8 May 2024 Footprint Farmers
'Rapid' policy changes needed for biodiversity
The climate and biodiversity do not have time for incremental policy changes, ATU's Dr James Moran stated.
8 May 2024 News
Farmers need clarity on biodiversity aims and supports - ATU researcher
The messaging on biodiversity and food production policy aims must be made clear to farmers if they are to buy into environmental schemes, an ATU researcher has said.
6 May 2024 Climate and environment