N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched the 2025 Northern Ireland farm census.
Forestry
11% of Ireland's land is covered by forestry, according to the University of Galway's Professor Cathal O'Donoghue.
Agri Politics
The South Leinster chair of the IFA, believes that the CAP has been "massively contained" because of "Russian aggression in Ukraine".
AHDB has welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs' 'new approach to land use'.
Environment
Teagasc has announced the appointment of a new head of its environment, soils and land use (ESLU) research department.
Machinery
The general trend in declining tractor sales is not confined to Ireland, where figures from the...
The Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) has said that while the fall in emissions last year has...
The Heritage Council is currently recruiting for a biodiversity officer to help it achieve the aims set out in its latest strategic plan.
FII have said that climate change targets for the agriculture and land use sector will not be met with planting at 2,000ha at the moment
Rural Life
Farm organisations in France have recently had farmers protesting policies of the French government over issues on glyphosate and fallow land
Reducing agricultural emissions will require a reduction in livestock numbers farmers in Wales have been warned in a new report.
Agri-Business
The NESC has said that funding to reward farmers for protecting and enhancing ecosystems should be 'significantly increased'.
Macra has said that it "is greatly concerned" with the level of debate around the EU Nature Restoration law which was published in June 2022.
The European Parliament is expected to adopt new rules on LULUCF as well as member states' emissions reduction targets tomorrow.
The initial report on the government's land use review recommends food security be used to assess sustainable food production in Ireland.
Ireland has to cut livestock numbers by 30%, plant 875,000ha of forestry and carry out significant rewetting to meet climate change targets.
Finalising the emissions ceiling for Land-use, Land-use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector has been deferred for 18 months.
One of Northern Ireland’s leading foresters has confirmed the positive potential of tree planting as a front line response for agricultur
Grassland and shrub-covered areas used to graze animals or as sources of fodder have declined by 191 million hectares over two decades - FAO
To coincide with the confirmation of carbon budgets up to 2030, the CCCAC also released a technical report on how these targets can be met.
The Irish agriculture sector needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030, according to Dan Burgar Kuzelickio of the European Commission.
A new regulation is making its way through the European Parliament which is aimed at reducing emissions from the land use and forestry sector post-2020.
The environmental impact of land used for building new roads, houses or energy grids should be better integrated into European Union policies.
