Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate change have made an important recommendation.
Hedgerows Ireland remains very disappointed by the missed opportunities for rewarding hedgerows in the new CAP schemes.
Hedgerows Ireland remains very disappointed by the missed opportunities for rewarding hedgerows in the new CAP schemes. The weaknesses in the Department's regulations around hedgerow removal compound the situation. Aisling O'Brien's report in Agrilands sums up our frustrations.
Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action Report on Biodiversity November 2022
Hedgerows Ireland note that the Biodiversity report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate change have made an important recommendation which we have been petitioning for over the last three years: it recommends that:
***"... a review of the Wildlife Act and Heritage Act be undertaken "with a view to underpinning the protection of hedgerows in legislation without delay, in light of the degradation of hedgerows in Ireland".***Download Here: Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action Report on Biodiversity November 2022
Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action Report on Biodiversity November 2022
