Environment Newsletter - June 2022

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In this edition:

• Dates for your diary
  • GLAS
  • REAP
  • AETS courses
• Biodiversity on farmland - Messages from the Teagasc biodiversity stand at Bloom
  
  • Biodiversity includes the range of native Irish flora and fauna and the habitats in which they exist.
  • Biodiversity is essential for life on earth – but is in crisis.
  • Pollinators are an important part of our biodiversity – but are in decline.
  • Native species of Irish provenance are best – when planting trees and hedges.
  • Don’t sow – let it grow. Value what is growing wild – part of our native Irish biodiversity.
  • Farmland is important for biodiversity.
  • Do not top escaped hedges and do not let topped hedges escape.
  • Allow individual thorn trees to mature within topped hedges.
  • Cherish our species-rich grasslands.
  • Teagasc Johnstown Castle Open Day – technologies for farms of the future. Tuesday, August 30, 2022 – Environment Research Centre, Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford. Practices to enhance on-farm biodiversity will be demonstrated.
• EIP update - MacGillycuddy Reeks EIP
• Message from ASSAP - Controlling rushes
  Best practice when using pesticides specific to rush control.