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Northern Ireland Peatland Strategy

Peatlands Strategy: UFU warns against funding bog rewetting plans from direct payments budget

Environment

about 4 years ago

Peatlands Strategy: UFU warns against funding bog rewetting plans from direct payments budget

The UFU has aired its concerns over the economic effects of rewetting peatland in Northern Ireland as outlined in the draft Peatlands Strategy.

Growers warn peat ban could wipe out NI's £46 million mushroom industry

N.Ireland

about 4 years ago

Growers warn peat ban could wipe out NI's £46 million mushroom industry

Northern Ireland growers have warned a ban on peat proposed in DAERA's new Peatlands Strategy could wipe out the region's horticultural industry.

NI peatland strategy proposes payments for bog restoration

N.Ireland

over 4 years ago

NI peatland strategy proposes payments for bog restoration

Future land management schemes could pay landowners to maintain peatland through low-impact farming...