MATTIE MCGRATH: Will Rewetting Farm land Lead to Food Shortage

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Mattie McGrath TD says that plans for large scale rewetting of farmland will lead to 'dangerous' situations including 'food shortages' - and that many scientists don't agree its necessary.

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Clip from a follower today on a section of bog where the pumping activities have completely removed the rewetting. Notice the Lapwing in the red rectangle? Eamon Ryan Malcolm Noonan T.D. ignoring what's happening here is adding to the biodiversity crisis. #RestoreNature

Another v clear & v important eg of NO one-size-fits-all-UK Gov. needs to 'work WITH local farmers & use their expert knowledge of the land to adopt a mosaic approach' to nature-friendly farming & #peatland restoration Fenland SOIL peatlands.org IUCN UK Peatlands theguardian.com/environment/20…

How much do you know about peat rewetting? 🌱

It might sound complicated, but a recent study found that rewetting just half our lowland peat could significantly help England meet its emissions target! Read more here: theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Agriland Pippa Hackett Good that she says this & recognises that Coillte remit must now change to nature restoration, rewetting degraded bogs, native diverse woodland, CFC + community led forestry & climate but no sign of action? Richard Boyd Barrett Catherine Connolly Marian Harkin Alice-Mary Higgins Lynn Boylan 🍷📖🐾

In our new paper we study the linkage between water table depth (WTD) and GHG emissions for Danish peatlands:
1.High-resolution ML model WTD is developed
2.WTD response functions for CO2 and CH4 are fitted
3.Peatland rewetting scenarios are explored

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Our project team have been busy over the past few weeks, training in rewetting measures, testing scorecards and attending Local Authority Waters Programme training #ACRES #bluedotcatchmentsprogramme #acreswestconn Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Waters of LIFE

Earlier this wk we hosted a webinar where peatland expert Flo Renou-Wilson 🇺🇦 presented what we know/what we don’t know abt raising the water table (rewetting) on agricultural peat soils. Link here. youtu.be/tCbVJet26YQ Pls share widely.

Thinktank suggests projects could deliver one-fifth of savings needed from farming, but agriculture experts cast doubt on idea.

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This morning I did the dumbest shit I’ve ever done… I went to sleep w contacts in and woke up at 6:30 w my eyes dry af, went to put some rewetting eye drops.. only it wasn’t my drops, it was covid reagent drops 🔥😩 burned for 2 hours… had to call poison control 😅 I’m ok now

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Re-wetting farm land will lead to food shortages !
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What if all the water we used could be reused? With a water treatment solution, you can reuse water again and again and… you get the point. No more water and energy going to waste, no more money down the drain. Pretty neat, right?

John Downing: Plan for rewilding farmland and rewetting bogs is rejected buff.ly/44e0Qhm

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has voted to reject the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law. The law, which includes proposals such as the rewetting of land, had faced considerable pushback from farming groups and some MEPs | rte.ie/b/1391354

Interesting discussion here.

The idea of 'food security' is invoked as an excuse not to rewet these peaty soils. However, biodiversity loss and climate change represents the greatest threat of all to farming.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Same disagreements in Ireland? What are the potential conflict of interests ... ...theguardian.com/environment/20…

Christoph led us to samples from the Attacama Desert. How do the #trait #distributions that determine #microbial #drought #resilience and #resistance compare to other environments? What resource limitations do these communities face? Find out here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 2/2

I keep going back to an Irish Schools Sustainability Network students idea of creating an “army to fight climate change”. We have a massive job ahead of us in terms of reforestry, rewetting, tackling rhododendron & other invasives and we will need the manpower. And it’s been done before 🧵 1/n

Curious about the science behind raising the water table on agricultural peat soils? Check out this recording where Flo Renou-Wilson 🇺🇦 breaks down the facts: youtube.com/watch?v=tCbVJe…

BirdWatch Ireland Oonagh Duggan Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Wetland Surveys Ireland Irish Rural Link Community Wetlands Forum