Events

Wild Atlantic Nature are delighted to support another Tae in the Bog music and cultural event taking place in Dunlewey, Co. Donegal on August 25th 2024 as part of Heritage Week. The event follows last year’s successful Tae in the Bog, which involved music and ecology at Easkey Bog in Sligo, as part of the […]

LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature continue to engage with many communication and dissemination activities. Derek McLoughlin gave a presentation at the British Ecological Society Conference in Belfast, and attended several EU events to share experiences from the project. Gary Goggins gave a presentation to members of the H2020 Biofin project in University of Limerick, and

LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature hosted peatland restoration training for 80 participants funded through our Shared Island Fund and delivered by The Crichton Carbon Centre (CCC), a partner of NatureScot, based in southwest Scotland. We ran two, two day training courses in Glenveagh National Park, North Donegal and in Mayo. We had a wide range

Farmer training for RBPS participants is underway, with more than 750 farmers due to attend training on results-based payments and habitat quality. Training dates for farmers in Mayo take place at end of October and for farmers in Sligo and Donegal in early November. All farmers will be notified of their nearest training event by

Wild Atlantic Nature project manager Dr Derek McLoughlin is the invited speaker at the Teagasc Signpost webinar series on August 5th as part of its focus on the uplands. Derek provided an overview of the project and opportunities for improving social and environmental outcomes in the uplands. You can view the recording here.

LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature RBPS team have delivered training for more than 50 farm advisors for our 2022 agri-environment programme. Farm advisors are essential in the delivery of a successful RBPS programme and the training also helps to build capacity for the CAP Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) 2023.

Facilitated by our partners at Teagasc, Wild Atlantic Nature held a series of sessions with the first of upland farmer knowledge exchange groups in Owenduff/Nephin Complex SAC. Twenty farmers are taking part in the group, where we discuss issues such as biodiversity, water quality, carbon emissions and results-based payments.

Project members from Contracts2.0 travelled to Ireland to explore innovations in Results-Based Payment agri-environment contracts. The team were joined by upland farmers from North Yorkshire and policy-makers from Natural England and DEFRA as well as members from Belgium and Scotland.

Wild Atlantic Nature RBPS team will host a series of farmer information evenings for farmers in the RBPS target areas for 2022. The meetings will be held in Glenamoy, Mayo on 8th and 14th March, Cloonacool (28th March) and Kilmactigue (29th March), Sligo, and Meenaneary (4th April) and Glenties (5th April), Donegal 5th.

Dr Gary Goggins, LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature, is among the invited speakers at the Altantic Area Healthy Food Ecosystem (AHFES) project webinar on Tuesday April 5th. Gary will speak about ways that healthy food trends can align with results-based agri-environment programmes for growth of SMEs.