The Signpost Series of weekly environment webinars aimed at the Irish agri industry continues this month. Teagasc will host one each on 5 August, 2022 and 13 August, 2022 beginning at 9.30am.
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The first event on 5 August, 2022 will focus on Wild Atlantic Nature (WAN) LIFE IP, a nine-year EU-funded LIFE Integrated Project that works with farmers, local communities and land owners to add value to the wide range of services provided from its Special Area of Conservation network of blanket bogs and associated areas. These peatlands provide clean drinking water, store carbon, support biodiversity, produce high-quality food and support resilient rural economies and livelihoods through farming, tourism, recreation and other activities.
As part of the project, a pilot voluntary Results Based Payment Scheme (RBPS) will be linked to the quality of the habitat, thereby putting landowners and their skills, expertise and knowledge of their land central to the development of this project. The guest speaker for the webinar is Derek McLoughlin, Project Manager, WAN.
You can also listen to the Signpost Series as a podcast. This provides knowledge and information to farmers and the agriculture sector on maintaining and improving the environment. Topics covered include greenhouse gas emissions, water quality, biodiversity and soils.
The second event will focus on conservation grazing in upland habitats. This webinar will feature guest speaker Killian Kelly, a lecturer at Munster Technological University.
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