Minister Hackett announces the results of Call for new locally-led Farm and Community Biodiversity Initiatives • Approved projects spread across the whole country
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett today announced the results of an Open Call for Farm and Community Biodiversity Initiatives. 24 groups, of the 54 which responded to the Call, have been chosen to implement their projects over the next 18 months.
Listing the projects which have been allocated funding, the Minister stated,
“I am very excited to see the wonderful projects that this Call is going to fund. It is really positive to see the ideas so many small farm and community groups have come up with to impact positively on their own local environment. I am delighted with the range of projects which have been successful and also with the way they spread across the country. The response we got to the call proves there is huge concern about and int
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February 12, 2021 10:54 am
€2.2 million funding for two peatland projects has been announced by the Minister of State for land use and biodiversity Pippa Hackett.
The project will be aimed at “finding better ways” to manage on-farm peat soils in the midlands.
The two projects were selected following an open call under the European Innovation Partnerships Initiative (EIP) and will be funded under Ireland’s Rural Development Programme.
Additional funding for a Rural Development Programme was announced at Budget 2021 for the period of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) transition.
The two projects that were selected for the funding are operated by Wetland Surveys Ireland and Green Restoration Ireland.
Offaly bogs lined up as part of major peatland restoration project
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BORD na Mona has lined up the first two bogs in Offaly for its major peatland restoration project.
The bogs, Oughter Bog and Pollagh Bog, are located between Rahan and Pullough and are close to the Lough Boora Discovery Park, the company s flagship former cutaway.
As part of its accelerated decarbonisation strategy and its exit from peat production, Bord na Mona will rehabilitate more than 80 bogs comprising some 30,000 hectares.
The peatland restoration programme is a key plank of the company s employment retention plans once it finally ceases turf harvesting completely.
Two Offaly bogs lined up as part of major peatland restoration project
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BORD na Mona has lined up the first two bogs in Offaly for its major peatland restoration project.
The bogs, Oughter Bog and Pollagh Bog, are located between Rahan and Pullough and are close to the Lough Boora Discovery Park, the company s flagship former cutaway.
As part of its accelerated decarbonisation strategy and its exit from peat production, Bord na Mona will rehabilitate more than 80 bogs comprising some 30,000 hectares.
The peatland restoration programme is a key plank of the company s employment retention plans once it finally ceases turf harvesting completely.