‘Things must change’ – Citizen’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss proposes over 150 recommendations
Wednesday 5 April 2023 – The Recommendations and Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss – the first such national citizens’ […]
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Time to rewild? – a view from across the Irish Sea
Alastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain, gives his views on the potential for rewilding in the UK, including natural water […]
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‘Farmland Guidelines: Actions to help Pollinators’ aims to get Ireland’s farmland buzzing again
The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan’s ‘Farmland Guidelines: Actions to help Pollinators’, which offers evidence-based actions farmers can take to help protect […]
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The Bord na Mona Raised Bog Restoration Project
If you travel through the Irish midlands, you will eventually come across Bord na Móna peat production bogs. These areas […]
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Biodiversity – the variety of life
The terms ‘nature’ and ‘biodiversity’ are interchangeable. Human beings are an intrinsic part of biodiversity and interact with it on […]
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The Catchment Services Concept – A means of connecting and progressing Water Framework Directive and biodiversity requirements in the context of ‘Sustainable Intensification’ of agriculture, and climate change
Achieving successful management of our water and biodiversity resources in the context of both the Food Harvest 2020 strategy and […]
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EPA Research 209: Co-benefits for Water and Biodiversity from the Sustainable Management of High Nature Value Farmland
Agriculture systems in Europe range from very intensive production on fertile land with high inputs to very extensive High Nature […]
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Dun Laoghaire Biodiversity in Action: apple trees and local bees
Securing the National Apple Collection with Shankill Tidy Towns and UCD On a clear, cold February morning, several members of […]
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Quite simply, everyone in Ireland has a role to play. This can be from something as simple as making sure you don’t pollute your local stream, or a local community working together to establish a Rivers Trust to enhance the rivers and lakes in their area, to a Government Department or Agency helping a Minister implement a new policy to help protect and enhance all our water bodies.
This website has been developed and is maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency, and is a collaboration between the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Local Authority Waters Programme.
Local Authority Waters Programme
The Local Authority Waters Programme coordinates the efforts of local authorities and other public bodies in the implementation of the River Basin Management Plan, and supports local community and stakeholder involvement in managing our natural waters, for everyone’s benefit.
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA is responsible for coordinating the monitoring, assessment and reporting on the status of our 4,842 water bodies, looking at trends and changes, determining which waterbodies are at risk and what could be causing this, and drafting environmental objectives for each.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
The Department is responsible for making sure that the right policies, regulations and resources are in place to implement the Water Framework Directive, and developing a River Basin Management Plan and Programme of Measures to protect and restore our waters.