Habitats
Amy Forde on 30 Dec 2021
Caomhnú Aranna and Duncannan Blue Flag among EIP schemes extended
Four EIP schemes in total have been extended into 2022, it has been announced.
Rachel Donovan on 28 Dec 2021
Farming for Nature: Fergal Anderson and Emanuela Russo
In an interview with the Irish Farmers Journal, Fergal Anderson said that people need to stop farming against nature and start farming with nature.
Amy Forde on 25 Dec 2021
Monument farming: just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there
Amy Forde speaks to the people farming and running a scheme in one of the most archaeological dense areas in Ireland.
Pat O'Toole on 01 Dec 2021
Next CAP: the eight measures to claim an eco-scheme payment
The qualifying measures for eco-schemes have been effectively doubled, with three new measures and significant extensions to most of the original five.
Amy Forde on 28 Nov 2021
New schemes to look at carbon farming and peatland restoration
Funding has been announced for peatland restoration, carbon farming and ridding Rathlin Island of rats and ferrets on the island of Ireland.
Amy Forde on 21 Nov 2021
New €7.4m scheme to protect machair land in the west
The Machair LIFE+ project is due to begin in February 2022 and will run until January 2028.
Amy Forde on 10 Nov 2021
‘Farmers should see slurry as a valuable nutrient, not waste’
Jack Nolan said that the next CAP is going to bring in changes and that Ireland will be judged as a country on whether we deliver or not.
Barry Murphy on 03 Nov 2021
Environment has played ‘second fiddle’ to production over the last 50 years
The Oireachtas committee on agriculture heard from a dairy farmer who was scathing of dairy expansion, as the environment came under the microscope on Tuesday.
Amy Forde on 02 Nov 2021
COP26: it’s time to ‘re-plumb’ the wetlands
The UK's Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust has an aspiration to create at least 100,000ha of new wetland habitats across the UK.
Amy Forde on 31 Oct 2021
Map: almost 550,000ha of designated land under the BPS
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said Kerry, Mayo, Galway and Donegal each have in excess of 50,000ha of Natura 2000 land receiving payments.
Contributor on 27 Oct 2021
Sligo restoration ensures the barn lives on
Pat McCarrick details how an old barn was brought back to its former glory with the help of the GLAS traditional farm buildings grant scheme.
Amy Forde on 27 Oct 2021
Measures farmers will be paid for under new agri-environment scheme
Tree planting and hedge planting are guaranteed to be one of the measures under the new agri-environment scheme.
Siobhán Walsh on 20 Oct 2021
Habitat markets coming to a bank near you
A wildlife expert has said that in years to come farmers could be paid to provide habitats on their farms and receive financial support to do so.
The Dealer on 20 Oct 2021
Facebook bans sales of protected land in the Amazon
The Dealer noted an interesting move by Facebook in recent weeks – it has banned the buying and selling of protected land in the Amazon.
Rachel Donovan on 19 Oct 2021
€3,000 fine for hedgerow and scrub woodland destruction
A conviction and fine was handed down to a Galway man, farming in Co Tipperary, for two offences under the Wildlife Acts
Amy Forde on 10 Oct 2021
Farmers getting higher payments for better habitats in results-based schemes
The idea around results-based payments is simply that higher agricultural payments accrue to higher quality habitats on the ground.
Amy Forde on 22 Sep 2021
Commission takes Ireland to court over designated land
The European Commission has said Ireland failed to fulfil its obligations under the Habitats Directive on Natura 2000 land.
Contributor on 08 Sep 2021
Increasing biodiversity on dairy farms
Daire Ó hUallacháin, Aoife Leader and Stephanie Maher discuss what dairy farmers can do to help wildlife on dairy farms.
Noel Bardon on 28 Aug 2021
Belmullet farmers to enhance rare bumblebee habitats through EIP
A new agri-environmental scheme has been launched for the country’s rarest bee.
Contributor on 25 Aug 2021
Farming for Nature: meet the nominees for the 2021 awards
The Irish Farmers Journal takes a look at some more of the farmers from across Ireland who have been nominated for a Farming for Nature award.