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University College Cork (UCC) and the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) will hostthe 2 nd International Conference on ‘ Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes’ at UCC in August 2012.
Minister Hogan will be travelling to South Africa for critical UN climate talks in Durban which begin on November 29th.
‘Government will continue to support organic farming because of its contribution to farm incomes in meeting consumer demands and the beneficial effects on the environment and animal welfare’ – Minister of State, Shane McEntee TD The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Shane McEntee TD, restated today the Government’s commitment to continuing its support for organic farmers. The Minister was speaking during a visit to the Organic Centre in Rossinver, County Leitrim
Mr. Phil Hogan, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, today (21 November, 2011), published for public consultation, draft Retail Planning Guidelines . The aim of the draft Guidelines is to ensure that the planning system plays a key role in ensuring competitiveness in the retail sector advancing choice for the consumer while promoting and supporting the vitality and viability of city and town centres and contributing to a high standard of urban design and encouraging a greater use of sustainable transport.
Taxpayer foots bill as emissions overshoot Kyoto target despite recession Today’s figures from the EPA on Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 reveal that the country’s biggest polluters have received a windfall profit of €90 million from selling unused carbon credits they got for free form the Government, according to an analysis by Friends of the Earth. Meanwhile the taxpayer has forked out over €86 million to buy overseas offset credits because Ireland’s emissions are still above our Kyoto target
The Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Mr Pat Rabbitte TD, has announced a 30 day public consultation process on the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (No 2) Regulations 2011. Regulations are made for the management of the wild salmon and sea trout fishery from the 1st of January, based on the scientific and management advice provided to the Minister by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). In launching the public consultation process, the Minister remarked: “The preliminary advice I received indicates that some of the salmon fisheries did not perform as well in 2011 as they did in 2010, in part due to water levels and weather conditions.
The Irish Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce the formation of a new branch in Galway. Sheila Murphy is leading the way by organising a meeting on the 17th November at 7.30pm in the Environmental Seminar room, Applied Ecology Unit, NUIG and everyone is welcome. The guest speaker is Joanne Pender, IWT’s Development Officer, who will give us some guidance on what is involved in setting up a local branch and the work of the Trust. “Galway has a wonderful diverse landscape with much of it relatively unspoilt.
The European Commission must take action to stop peat extraction in several protected sites in Ireland, NGO Friends of the Irish Environment will tell the European Parliament’s petition committee in Brussels on 22 November. The meeting’s attendees, which are likely to include environment commissioner Janez Potočnik, will hear that intensive turf cutting is still occurring at protected sites despite a government commitment to end such activities. The EU executive is aware of the problem and warned the Irish authorities earlier this year.
Better Environmental Law is a critical objective for An Taisce to ensure that what happened with the Corrib project can never happen again. Today, An Taisce accepted the State’s offer to settle the Judicial Reviews of the various permissions given this year in regard to the Corrib Gas Development project
The Irish Wildlife Trust is giving a voice to the voiceless in the new Better Together campaign. In a novel way to highlight the fact that wildlife have no voice and yet are essential for a healthy environment.