Environment
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is currently seeking an expert to help with the conservation of wild birds.
A professor is using acoustic recorder devices and drones for airborne thermal imaging to monitor the corncrake.
Rural Life
The NARGC is set to express criticism of a lack of rural engagement when it attends a joint Oireachtas committee meeting today.
Schemes
€1.1 million has been allocated to support biodiversity conservation projects through the Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement scheme.
Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan has launched the...
%%excerpt%% Grants of up to €200,000 are available for projects with strong built heritage conservation objectives and clear public or community benefit.
Three World Heritage Tentative List sites and one World Heritage Property will be awarded just...
The NPWS is looking to renovate a derelict farm house in Co. Kerry which is used as a maternity roost by lesser horseshoe bats.
Bog land in Northern Ireland constitutes a more than significant reservoir of stored carbon. Deep peat covers 12% of the available land area.
If you have ever struggled to identify a bird species on your farm or in the garden, then a brand new app may be of help.
N.Ireland
The PSNI has linked up with RSPB NI and Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) to protect breeding waders.
A 12ft mural has been unveiled at the Bog Meadows Nature Reserve, in west Belfast in a bid to raise awareness of the plight of barn owls.
Old Irish Goats are to be used in a proposed pilot project to control invasive plant species on designated sites in Clare and Galway.
The NPWS has recently begun conservation work on part of the Black Islands archipelago on Lough Ree on the River Shannon.
Over 30 contractors and practitioners have completed hands-on training to support ongoing peatland restoration efforts in Northern Ireland.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture's scheme for the conservation of plant and animal genetics will close for 2025 applications this week.
Dawn Miskelly has been appointed as chief executive officer of Ulster Wildlife, Northern Ireland’s largest local nature conservation charity.
Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan has opened the 2025 Farm Plan Scheme for applications.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has confirmed that a pair of ospreys has bred successfully in the midlands.
The NPWS said the number of corncrake territories in the core breeding areas of Donegal, Mayo and Galway have increased by 45% since 2018.
36 local community projects have been allocated a total of €458,000 under the expanded Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme 2024.
%%excerpt%% Cork Co Council has awarded €44,600 in grant funding under its heritage grant scheme, with a 20 per cent
As World Environment Day approaches on June 5th, the Irish Peatland Conservation Council is highlighting the importance of land restoration.
