Environment
Beef Plan Movement welcomes carbon changes to Climate Action Bill
The Beef Plan Movement (BPM) has welcomed environment minister Eamon Ryan’s decision to accept two amendments to the Climate Action...
carbon sequestration
Forestry
Research: Commercial forestry could deliver 269% more climate mitigation
A new study involving researchers at University of Limerick (UL) has highlighted the role that the planting of new commercial...
Environment
What is the latest on carbon sequestering on Irish farms?
Research is underway to calculate the carbon sequestering potential of Irish farms – but the ability to calculate accurate figures...
N.Ireland
McAleer: NI needs 'carbon calculator' to help farms prepare for net-zero
Sinn Féin MLA Declan McAleer has called on the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to develop an...
Environment
Boosting carbon sequestering - without reducing grass productivity
With soil carbon sequestering recognised as an important strategy to offset increases in greenhouse gas emissions, more information is needed...
Environment
€1.4 million carbon sequestration research project launched
VistaMilk SFI Research Centre has launched a €1.4 million carbon sequestration project. The project is in collaboration with Dairy Research...
Agri Politics
Action called for on 'how to compensate farmers for carbon sequestered'
A debate and action on “how to compensate farmers for all the carbon that they already sequester in their farms”...
Environment
How an Australian cattle rancher sold Microsoft $500,000 of carbon credits
Computing giant Microsoft has launched a new partnership with Australian farm Wilmot Cattle Company to use grazing cattle to offset...
Forestry
New carbon sequestration calculating tool launched
A new ‘Forest Carbon Tool’ that will allow forest owners calculate how much carbon can be removed in woodlands was...
Agri Politics
'Real frustration' that farmers 'get no credit for carbon sequestering on farms'
While meeting the targets will be a challenge, farmers are ready to play their part, according to the Irish Farmers’...
Environment
'No silver bullet': Boyle points to mix of emission-busting farm measures
Teagasc has identified 25 measures for livestock farmers to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, according to director of Teagasc, Prof. Gerry...
Environment
Opportunities for farmers in carbon sequestration 'down the road' - Boyle
There are opportunities for Irish farmers in the sequestration of carbon in grassland – but this is still “very much...
Environment
Means to pay farmers for carbon sequestration 'being considered' - Creed
The means to pay farmers for sequestering carbon are being considered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Agri Politics
Hedgerows to be included in calculation of Ireland's work on emissions from 2021
While hedgerows are currently not accounted for in relation to the calculation of Ireland’s compliance with emissions targets to 2020,...
Environment
Bord na Móna to manage 1,600ha raised bog restoration
Bord Na Móna has been appointed to project manage the implementation of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht’s...
Tillage
'Hemp can sequester 15t of carbon per hectare'
Hemp – a vegetable regulated as a controlled drug – has the ability to sequester 15t of carbon per hectare...
Agri Politics
'We're not calculating Ireland's true carbon sequestration value properly' - TD contends
It is “critical” that Ireland’s 6% of hedgerows are included in calculations when it comes to the country’s carbon sequestration...
Environment
'We need to reward farmers to lower emissions' - senior EU official
A senior figure in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) has said that farmers “need to...