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With several large-scale solar farms planned for Ireland's boglands, Stephen Robb asks whether bogs could be the solution to the solar vs. agriculture land debate.
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Some 3,435 applicants had entered the Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme by the end of last year.
The scheme was launched by Minister for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, with up to €600,000 in funding available for community-led projects.
The funding is open to wetland restoration projects in the midlands which successfully express interest.
In the context of a national biodiversity crisis, it’s not credible that farmers can remove habitats without oversight, writes Ray Ó Foghlú.
Applying nutrients to high nature value land could have unintended consequences, a leading ecologist has suggested.
Restoring a natural equilibrium and balancing competing interests has yielded rich dividends for one midlands farmer, writes Brendan Dunford.
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Sixteen counties and two nationwide projects will benefit from the funding under the expanded Peatlands and Natura Community Engagement Scheme 2024.
The law sets out that the obligation to meet rewetting targets is on member states and voluntary for farmers.
The possible exclusion of the 20,000ha of rehabilitated bogs from Ireland's Nature Restoration Law inventory could pull more farmed peatland into the mix.
