The Nature Positive Initiative has been launched bringing together the world’s largest nature conservation organisations, institutes,...

Our project aims to develop a tool to value the ecosystem services that forests provide to enable better decisions for the most sustainable use of land and forests. This may result in something known as ecosystem conversion. Here, Kathleen Conroy, Trinity College Dublin, looks at what conversion means in relation to forestry, with three significant associated terms - deforestation, reforestation and afforestation. Ecosystem Conversion Ecosystem conversion is an ecosystem ch

The Value Commission is launching a public consultation for the co-design and development of transparent global criteria for the creation...

A new paper focuses on the System of Environmental Economic Accounting Central Framework stocks and flows accounts, where they are used...

The Government of Ireland has awarded €7million for a Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative Scheme, as part of the Shared Island Fund, to...

Recognising the essential services provided by natural capital, a new report by The World Bank demonstrates significant opportunities for...

Our Trinity College Dublin researchers will be presenting their ForES work on ecosystem extent accounts for forest sites at a number of events this summer. Read more... Our ForES PhD Candidate Kathleen Conroy will be speaking at the Trees for Climate Change, Biodiversity and People event in Canterbury, England, hosted by The Woodland Trust , University of Kent and the British Ecological Society , which takes place from June 28-29. The presentation topic will be 'Creating Ext

Natural Capital Ireland was delighted to participate in the CSO's Ecosystem Account's Stakeholder Forum in Glasnevin, Dublin on May 15,...

Natural Capital Ireland (NCI) held our 2023 AGM online on April 26, presenting our annual report and financial statements, with news of...

Forest fires can be naturally beneficial to ecosystems - unless they get out of hand. ForES PhD student Kathleen Conroy looks at the issues

The ES in ForES project stands for ecosystem services but which type of forest do we consider to provide 'better” ecosystem services, natural forests or plantations? Our post-doc Francesco Martini looks at the question... The 2020s is the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration and efforts to restore degraded ecosystems, including forests, are growing. Replanting forests in previously forested areas (i.e., reforestation) or planting completely new forests where there were none bef

You can now watch the recording of Natural Capital Ireland executive coordinator Iseult Sheehy presenting findings from our INCASE...

Natural Capital Ireland input into the public consultation for the Voluntary National Review 2023 on how the natural capital approach can...

The concept of agroforestry can seem intimidating. Breaking it down: agro- (Greek, means “field”) and forestry (Latin, means “the outside woods”). Having the literal definition is just the starting point, now what does agroforestry actually mean? Here, Trinity College Dublin PhD candidate Kathleen Conroy explains a little bit more on the concept. Agroforestry is a type of multi-use land management which combines the forestry and agriculture industries. Under agroforestry, lan

The Board of Natural Capital Ireland (NCI) invites tender submissions to prepare a Strategic Plan for our not-for-profit organisation for...

The Department of the Environment, Climate & Communications is now inviting submissions from stakeholders for inclusion in Ireland’s 2023...

Kathleen Conroy, our ForES PhD at Trinity College Dublin, writes a potted history of Irish forests, when and why deforestation on a major scale began - & when the comeback started... It can be hard to imagine that counties Meath, Louth and Limerick were covered in forests at one time. In fact, most of Ireland was forested about 9,000 years ago. Looking at pollen records, plants became established in Ireland approximately 13,000 years ago with trees arriving 9,600 years ago (M

From December 6-19th, 2022, delegations from the world’s governments will meet at the UN Biodiversity Summit in Montreal, Canada, to...

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action Report on Biodiversity which sat earlier this year and heard...

Andrew Neill of Trinity College Dublin and Biorbic Centre has written a paper charting the transition from science to governance of...

The Board of Natural Capital Ireland (NCI) invites tender submissions to carry out a piece of work to devise, develop and advise on the...

NCI asked the Citizens’ Assembly to consider the key drivers of biodiversity loss and highlighted the benefits of valuing natural capital.

Read some key points from Natural Capital Ireland's input into the Public Consultation on Ireland’s Second Implementation Plan for...

The Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage/ National Parks & Wildlife Service has launched a public consultation on Ireland’s 4t