Environment
The efforts of farmers to conserve and protect pollinators across the island of Ireland has been recognised in a new booklet.
Some 73% of the actions outlined the current All-Ireland Pollinator Plan to make farmland pollinator friendly have been completed.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is set to roll out a scheme to monitor moth populations on farms across the country later this year.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre has launched a free online training course focused on "pollinator-friendly farming'.
The National Biodiversity Data Centre has challenged farmers to find up to 40 different plants and animals species on their lands this year.
Farmers are being encouraged to grow more native hedgerows, trees and shrubs on their lands in a bid to boost the population of pollinators.
