Environment
Over €20 million in funding will be provided over the next four years to tackle decline in priority species and habitats in cross-border areas
N.Ireland
The agricultural budget in Northern Ireland is "inadequate" to support farmers help tackle the nature and climate crisis, a report said.
Belfast City Council is offering a grant of up to £50,000 for the creation of a social farm or...
At this year’s Farming Life awards, brothers, James and David Bonnar from the Glenwherry area of the Antrim plateau, were named Nature Friendly Farmers of the Year.
Agri Politics
The nature conversation charity RSPB NI, has called on the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs...
Minister Poots, took to the waves recently in Lower Lough Erne to see some of the important work being undertaken by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to enhance breeding habitats on local islands.
Four calling male corncrakes have been recorded on Rathlin Island for first time since the late...
Swifts, puffins and kestrels have been identified among the birds most at peril as a new cross-border report shows a quarter of birds across the island are now 'red-listed'.
A world-renown foods rights academic has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a "hunger crisis" even in some of the world's richest countries.
Conservation charity the RSPB NI is set to host a two-day conference to examine the future of sustainable farming and land management practices in Northern Ireland.
RSPB NI has said a public consultation over an Environment and Nature Restoration Bill in Northern Ireland has the potential to "turn the tide" on biodiversity decline.
A reduction in the area of arable land farmed in Northern Ireland has been blamed for a decline in seed-eating birds over the last decade.
Investing in Northern Ireland’s natural environment has a "vitally important" role to play in the economic recovery from Covid-19.
The RSPB NI is calling for legally-binding targets to restore nature in the region as it warns NI's wildlife and the natural environment are at "crisis point".
A new poll carried out has found that three-quarters of people in NI think farmers should get more support to help deliver environmental benefits.
Agri-Business
Over 60 groups, including UFU and RSPB, have sent a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, calling for UK food standards to be safeguarded in future trade.
Three key farmland bird species have increased in numbers over a five-year period in AES, according to a study by a bird society.
Rural Life
Co. Down man Philip Bell has been selected as Northern Ireland's most wildlife friendly farmer at the Farming Life and Danske Bank Awards.
