🤔 How do #naturerecovery and #naturalcapital opportunities factor on a farm's balance sheet?
In a recent #RICSLandJournal article, NCS directors explore opportunities for farmers to gain funds for implementing positive changes for natural capital and #biodiversity. 👇
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Three people smiling for a photo in front of a Natural Capital Ireland banner. In the background, there is a slide reading "Trinity College Dublin, Coláise na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath - The University of Dublin". It includes photographs of environmental initiatives at the university.
We were honoured to speak about Natural Capital Communications to postgrad students at @tcddublin.bsky.social last week on invitation from Rosie Mangan, Teaching Fellow in Ecology. The session was followed with a lecture by Professor Jane Stout, VP for Biodiversity & Climate Action at TCD. 🧵[1/2]
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📢 @interregnwe.bsky.social REBORN aims to reinvigorate seagrass habitats and scale up their restoration.
📸 NCI's Jonathan Cooper & Deirdre Lane with Dr Juan Lugilde Yáñez (@uniofgalway.bsky.social) & Dr Fiona Tomas Nash (@imedea.bsky.social) at this week's REBORN meeting in Schiermonnikoog. 🧵[1/3]
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Two women pictured holding up yellow dandelion badges from Project Dandelion. In the background is the room at Queen's University Belfast where people are sitting around roundtables looking at a speaker presenting at the front. The room has portrait paintings lining the walls and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.
A woman smiling for a photo in front of a pull-up banner reading "Queen's University Belfast - shaping a better world since 1845"
Last week, we weaved natural capital into workshops at the Culture & Climate Connections event by NI Arts Council & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social—spotlighting the arts in climate action & enviro. policy. Thanks to Drs. Kim-Marie Spence & Ali FitzGibbon for supporting @projdandelion.bsky.social too!
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A woman and older man having a conversation at a table in front of a screen reading "Unleashing social capital of the 3rd age". They are at a Bioregioning South-East Ireland Gathering.
Natural & social capital are deeply related 👥🌳 The importance of human connection in transformative environmental action featured strongly in last Thursday's Bioregioning South East Ireland (BioSEI) Gathering.
One particularly poignant message came from BioSEI Ambassador, Ray McGrath ⬇️ [1/3]🧵
In a new blog post, Aparna Nair discusses policy instruments in the context of climate action and natural capital ➡️ www.naturalcapitalireland.com/post/policy-...
On the topic of finance, join the Civil Society Forum on Nature Finance, 18-19 Mar 2026 in Belfast
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A woman giving a presentation at Trinity College Dublin with a pull-up banner behind her reading, "Heritage Ireland 2030". The screen has a slide with the NPWS logo and children doing art activities about native woodlands.
A woman and two men smiling for a photo in front of a banner reading, "Natural Capital Ireland"
At today's Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit, we enjoyed meeting archaeological & built heritage experts, plus Niall Ó Donnchú, Niamh Farren & Dr Andy Bleasdale of @npwsireland.bsky.social. On NPWS's youth outreach, Clare Bromley said, "Nature interpretation is about provoking people to feel & to think"💭
When women lead, resilience grows 🌍
@worldresources.bsky.social new analysis across 12 countries shows every $1 invested in climate adaptation yields generates $10.50 in benefits–with returns of 20–27%.
It’s time global funding followed the evidence. Take action: projectdandelion.com/demand
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BFBI’s Business Development Manager Dr Maria Fitzpatrick will speak at the upcoming Kildare #Biodiversity Conference on October 18, 2025, on supporting action for businesses on #biodiversity 🌿
With Kildare #Wildlife Rescue / Kildare CoCo. More: kildarebiodiversityconference.ie/2025-confere...
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A woman in a hi-vis holding up some seaweed on a rocky seashore as other people look at it. It's a grey cloudy day.
A woman giving a presentation in front of a banner reading "CarnaResearchStation@50 - University of Galway, Ryan Institute". Other people are sitting on chairs behind her in front of pull-up banners on marine sustainability and aquaculture.
Irish Bioeconomy Week starts today! At last week's 'Todhchaí Ghorm - Blue Future' event by Nua Mara, >100 people explored marine conservation and the blue economy. We also enjoyed @uniofgalway.bsky.social Carna Research Station's 50th Anniversary and a field trip with the Irish Seaweed Consultancy 🪸
Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork.
At a time when a nationwide Nature Restoration Plan is being drafted we still see rare habitats being destroyed, often with very little consequence #RestoreNature
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Natural Capital Ireland at the Irish Bioeconomy Forum, Sept 2025A women in a yellow jacket standing in front of a biodiversity-themed tapestry. Above is a photo of a slide showing ecosystem and cluster building for the bioeconomy in Ireland.
Last week, our Executive Coordinator, Deirdre Lane, joined the Irish Bioeconomy Forum in Tralee. Two key topics for us were the policy innovation toolbox and cluster building. Learn more during Bioeconomy Ireland Week! Join the 13th Oct conference or find other events here: www.irishbioeconomy.ie
Big Doughnutty News.
Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new assessment of land-use changes in Europe, accounting for small-scale changes, indicates a 50% higher loss of green spaces.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
Call for papers and posters is open for #envecon2026. It is the UK's only premier applied environmental economics conference gathering research providers and users from academia, public and private sector.
www.uknee.org.uk/envecon/enve...
A composite image for World Meteorological Day 2025 with the theme "Closing the Early Warning Gap Together." The image features multiple photos arranged in a grid layout showing various aspects of weather monitoring and disaster response: Top: WMO logo and 75th anniversary emblem, alongside images of flood rescue operations showing people in life vests assisting others. Center: Features text "Closing the Early Warning Gap Together" on an orange background. Bottom section includes: A tsunami warning sign on a beach A meteorologist analyzing weather maps and satellite data A child walking on drought-affected cracked earth A satellite view of Earth from space Text indicates "World Meteorological Day" and the date "23 March 2025" on a light blue background. The layout emphasizes the connection between early warning systems, meteorological monitoring, and disaster response, showing both technological capabilities and human impacts of weather events.
🌍☁️ 2024 was the hottest year on record!
Climate and biodiversity are deeply connected. Protecting nature can help to mitigate climate change. 🌱
📷 @wmo-global.bsky.social
Today is World Seabird Day! We've been monitoring seabirds on the Isle of May for more than 50 years, one of the longest, most comprehensive studies of its kind in the world - so useful for helping us understand changes in our marine environment.
🧵🧪 1/ #WorldSeabirdDay
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NCI's Deirdre Lane @theshamrockspring.bsky.social met #MinisterForNature Chris O'Sullivan at Leinster House @oireachtasnews.bsky.social with @npwsireland.bsky.social's Deirdre Lynn & Áinle Ní Bhriain, IEN's Aoife Ní Lochlainn & Fintan Kelly to talk Funding #NatureRestoration
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We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!
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The Business of Nature Positive at @tcddublin.bluesky.social sees Dr Catherine Farrell and students engage Irish businesses from a broad range of sectors in a groundbreaking #NaturePositive module, with @bizbioirl.bsky.social - the call is open for 2025! businessforbiodiversity.ie/participate-...
A look back at our #EarthDay2025 #WatchParty of the #MrsRobinson film and panel discussion on the work and legacy of #MaryRobinson. Thanks to all who joined Laura Cook, @projdandelion.bsky.social, Environmental Forum's Theo Dillon and NCI Exec Coordinator @theshamrockspring.bsky.social 🙌
Just one week left to register for our DCU Institute for Climate and Society annual conference, taking place on Tue 29 April.
We'll explore the role of activism, storytelling & the arts in responding to the climate crisis.
Details & registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/dispatches...
The EU's #GreenData4All initiative is open for public consultation! 🗣️
Share your thoughts on improving access to #EnvironmentalData by 30 April 2025. 💭
🔗 Have your say: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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3 key tests for Climate Action Plan going to Cabinet on Tuesday. Gov of @micheal-martin.bsky.social and @simonharrisireland.bsky.social has promised 'decisive action to radically reduce our reliance on fossil fuels’. Will @darraghobrientd.bsky.social deliver?
www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/04...
EVENT: Join us on #EarthDay, April 22, Cork, for an impact screening of #MrsRobinson, a film on the life of President turned #climatejustice advocate #MaryRobinson, plus panel talk with @projdandelion.bsky.social & #EnvironmentalForum @theshamrockspring.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ie/e/mrs-robins...
There may not be WiFi out in nature, but there’s no place you’ll find a better connection.
This #EarthHour, Give an hour by spending time outdoors! Calm your mind, be in tune with your body, and be inspired to protect our one shared home.
Visit www.earthhour.org for ideas
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