What impact could #Nature degradation have on the UK’s economy and financial sector? 🌱

Green Finance Institute’s latest report is a-first-of-its-kind analysis quantifying this. 👇

🔗 Read the full report: greenfinanceinstitute.com/news-and-insig…

Let me add a little sunshine to your life today. On the normally unseen lower terminal disc of an unprovenanced gorget from Ireland, the sun is depicted as a series of rayed lines. The upper disc shows the full solar suite of concentric circles & rayed border🌅 ⁦National Museum of Ireland⁩

A privilege to spend time today exchanging ideas & insights at #ESGSummit24 on how businesses can navigate the journey to #NaturePositive - the #BizBioIrl platform is here to help! Great keynote from Mieke Siebers, #FSD , and #TNFD panel with Aebhin Cawley Scott Cawley

Q: Why should I take part in #NoMowMay ?
A: There isn’t enough food for bees & pollinators. If we chose to put our mowers away for 1 MTH we could start creating a network of places where they can survive & thrive. For more FAQs see
pollinators.ie/no-mow-may/#ti…
#nomowmay #savethebees

The Danish government is contemplating introducing a carbon tax on agricultural GHG emissions based on recommendations from an Expert Group. My blog post summarises Group's report buff.ly/3QnpUxE, report itself in English available here buff.ly/3Qnq34a

Register for #NatCap2024 by May 1st, 2024!

Attendees will be the 1st to see the world premiere of our upcoming short film exploring ecosystem-based coastal management, #BlueBonds , and NatCap's supporting work in #Belize .

Register: bit.ly/NatCap2024
🎥 Impact Media lab

Sharing the stage - and #BFBI booth - with these fantastic women at #ESGSummit24 - making the business case #ForNature was Mieke Siebers, of the Foundation for Sustainable Development, Catherine (Farrell) Wilkie & Emer Ni D Lucy Gaffney & Iseult Sheehy of Business For Biodiversity Ireland & our CEO Aebhin Cawley #nádúrmná

We don't need much persuading to celebrate the humble Dandelion for #wildflowerhour

@biodatacentre records show this native wildflower was the most popular food source for bees on the island of Ireland in 2023

#DandelionChallenge #InternationalDayoftheDandelion
📷Cathal Noonan

The social contract between farmers & the public is critical to all our future. Ó Foghlú writes without a new approach to engaging the public, farming will become dangerously isolated.
farmersjournal.ie/more/climate-a…

Our US colleagues at Stanford University, Natural Capital Project, are hosting a major event this summer with a focus on mainstreaming the #NaturalCapital approach in policy and investment decisions.

Register by Wednesday, May 1st.

Read more: ow.ly/BEEw50RqesC

There is something magical about the bog at dusk,that magical realm between night and day. These Marsh Marigold seemed to glow in in the shallow bog pool at the edge of the wet woodland, like little lanterns in blue wildflowerhour Connecting Communities with Peatlands PeatlandConservation LIFE IP Peatlands and People

Great to join my co-authors yesterday to discuss key findings of Ireland's #Climate Change Assessment report with Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais Committee on #Environment & #Climate Action

Thanks to chair Brian Leddin TD & all committee members for their engagement, & Hannah Daly for coordinating

What’s really in your 'wildflower' seed mix?

A new study by Noeleen of University College Dublin reveals only 25% of species in 7 common wildflower seed mixes are native to Ireland.

None of the packets gave details of where the seed was sourced

More here ➡️
tinyurl.com/42xu4jzf

In 2018 PMP was established due to concerns around land-use pressures on conservation of freshwater pearl mussel. The 5 year project ended Dec 2023. PMP have produced: Overview of the Pearl Mussel Project 2018-2023 detailing projects main results.
Get it: pmproject.ie/resources/publ…

My old favourite, #Ginkgo : huge specimen nr Monument to the Fallen of Spain nr El Retiro Park, c. 15m tall. Earlier spotted work of Irish/US artist Harnett in prestigious #Thyssen -Bornemisza museum; from #Clonakilty ; never hear of him, though well known in US art circles

The South Bank Show made a film about Seamus Heaney in 1991, directed beautifully by Tony Knox. Here is a short clip of Heaney talking about Toome, ‘under bogwater and tributaries’ where ‘elvers tail my hair’

We've been shortlisted for an EIP Agri- innovation award. If you like the project give us a vote.

eu-cap-network.ec.europa.eu/campaign/eip-a…

Please give the two other Irish entries a vote too FarmingWithNature-BRIDE Project & LIFE IP Wild Atlantic Nature

One of the less photographed parts of the states recent purchase in Corca Dhuibhne.

Hundreds of acres of spruce.

With new scientific research and updated mapping imagery, the EPA had updated calculations for emissions from smaller-scale domestic peat harvesting.

The new data puts emissions on a par with aviation.

thecurrency.news/articles/14755…

NEW TODAY in nature - A vast DNA tree of life brings open access DNA sequences of >9500 flowering plants! 🧬

This invaluable resource crafted by 279 scientists lets us answer key questions about modern plant life and look back in time to its origins 🌿

nature.com/articles/s4158…