Using Reverse Auctions to support delivery of catchment off-sets in Wessex, UK
Since June 2016, Wessex Water have been working with EnTrade, trialling a reverse auction platform to help deliver nitrogen offsets […]
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Results-based payments for farming: delivering high quality biodiversity and other public goods
Paying farmers to deliver better environmental outcomes is the focus of the Results-based Agrienvironmental Pilot Scheme (RBAPS). Dolores Byrne tells […]
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AranLIFE – working in the present, building for the future
AranLIFE Project Manager Patrick McGurn describes working with farmers to harness their local knowledge, and combining this with scientific expertise […]
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Source to Tap project in the Erne and Derg catchments launched
Lisa Stewart tells us about a major €5.3 million cross-border project to improve water quality in rivers and lakes in […]
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Smart Farming – addressing the dual challenges of improving farm returns while enhancing the rural environment
What is Smart Farming? Smart Farming is a voluntary resource efficiency programme led by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) in […]
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High Nature Value farmland: co-delivery of farmland biodiversity and water quality
We introduce High Nature Value farmland and its positive contribution to multiple environmental dimensions. Environmental supports could more deliberately target […]
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Ecosystem hydrology: utilizing the functional ecology of forests and wetlands – Acknowledging the benefits of multiple land use
Recently published findings in the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) ‘State of the World’s Forests’ report, suggest that fostering […]
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“The mountain didn’t get that way without work“ – Blackstairs Farming Group
Communicating the Blackstairs Farming Groups High Nature Value message to farmers and funders The Blackstairs Mountains are located in the […]
Read MoreWho is involved? 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 4,829 water bodies, looking at trends and changes, determining which waterbodies are at risk and what could be causing this, and drafting environmental objectives and measures 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 that will be implemented after public consultation and sign off by the Minister.