Environment
Coillte welcomed a decision by Galway County Council to grant planning permission for its proposed peatland redesign project at Derryclare.
A project involving rewetting sections of a blanket bog near Mullagh in west Clare is aiming to boost biodiversity in the area.
N.Ireland
Over 30 contractors and practitioners have completed hands-on training to support ongoing peatland restoration efforts in Northern Ireland.
A new voluntary certification aims to encourage financing for landowners to accelerate peatland restoration
Dawn Miskelly has been appointed as chief executive officer of Ulster Wildlife, Northern Ireland’s largest local nature conservation charity.
DAERA has awarded £2.7 million to five organisations to undertake peatland restoration projects across Northern Ireland and the border region.
Forestry
Between 2002 and 2015, Coillte has restored and rewetted 3,195ha of "ecologically valuable" blanket bog and raised bog habitats on its lands.
Agri-Business
As World Environment Day approaches on June 5th, the Irish Peatland Conservation Council is highlighting the importance of land restoration.
Coillte has said it will engage with stakeholders to "work through" potential options to redesign 30,000ha of peatland forests by 2050.
The IPCC has said that EU nature restoration targets are "great news" for Ireland and its "struggling" peatland habitat and biodiversity.
A project examining peatland restoration in Ireland has today (Friday, November 24) claimed top honours at SciFest 2023.
A former commercially harvested bog in Co. Tyrone is set to be transformed into a demonstration hub for peatland restoration.
The views of the Irish farming community are sought on a new project which seeks to identify knowledge gaps in research on Irish peatlands.
Several European countries attended an event hosted by the government today to discuss the development of a European Peatlands Initiative.
Minister of State Malcolm Noonan has announced grant funding of up to €75,000 to the Abbeyleix Bog Project for peatland restoration.
