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DAFM Roadmap will not lead to Climate & Biodiversity Targets

IFNC-issued press release in response to the Government's AgClimatise 'Roadmap towards Climate Neutrality' (10-12-20) The Irish Forum on...

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IFNC hosts briefing on natural capital for policymakers

The IFNC held an online policy briefing aimed at introducing Irish policymakers and civil servants to Natural Capital Accounting

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Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP) – A step in the right direction?

A new metric, GEP, attempts to address the valuable environmental contributions sourced from nature towards human wellbeing

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LONGREAD: How Covid-19 and the current impacts we face are linked to the global trade in wildlife

NOELEEN SMYTH PhD, CITES Scientific Authority for Ireland, reflects on Covid-19 and global wildlife trade

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GUEST BLOG: Mobilising Finance for Biodiversity in Ireland

Dr Shane Mc Guinness explains his work on the Biodiversity Finance Ireland project, alongside Dr Craig Bullock

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GUEST BLOG: The district council bringing back the bees with a Pollinator Plan

DERRY City and Strabane District Council have a Natural Capital Account for green spaces and a Pollinator Plan

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VIEW: A gallery of our favourite #ViralNature wildlife photos

Scroll through to view a gallery the bright and beautiful nature snaps taken by our members in Spring 2020 for our ViralNature campaign

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The INCASE blog: Sustainable development - can Natural Capital Accounting help?

Catherine Farrell presents a series of four INCASE project blogs on the background of the project, highlighting natural capital accounting

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Natural Capital, Investment Banking and Biodiversity

PhD student Andrew Neill reflects on his summer placement at the European Investment bank and the Natural Capital Financing Facility

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INCASE ecologist Dr Catherine Farrell on three key Natural Capital Accounting takeaways

INCASE postdoc and ecologist Dr Catherine Farrell has spent the summer reading up on natural capital accounting, here are 3 key insights

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Forests for Water... use of woodland creation for protection of our water bodies

DECLAN LITTLE, Project Manager for Woodlands of Ireland, writes about the recent Payments for Ecosystem Services - Forests for Water meeting

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'Valuing Our Life Support Systems' - report on NCI's 10-Year Anniversary Summit in London

BLOG: 'Valuing Our Life Support Systems' - our report on the NCI's 10-Year Anniversary Summit in London, May 21, 2019

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Prof Dieter Helm on 'Economics in the Anthropocene: Can a NatCap Approach prevent Ecological Doom?'

Prof Dieter Helm, Professor of Economic Policy , in Dublin to discuss economics and natural capital in the anthropocene

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Outdoor natural capital workshop a success at Burrenbeo

IFNC Steering Committee members Paddy Woodworth and Craig Bullock delivered an outdoor workshop on the natural capital value of our woodland

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How do we bring biodiversity into Natural Capital Accounts?

Biodiversity underpins everything and there is an opportunity and obligation to reflect it in as many ways as possible

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How can we drive investment in natural capital?

Where does the money come from? When we talk about the need to invest in our natural capital, the question of finance always looms large.

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Natural capital: Making nature pay?

Dr Patrick Bresnihan, Trinity College Dublin, explores the challenges associated with natural capital financing

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What's new at the World Forum on Natural Capital?

Hannah Hamilton, Executive Coordinator at the IFNC, attended the World Forum on Natural Capital last November.

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"Nature underpins a vibrant and thriving human society"

Dr James Murphy, a researcher in the Botany Department, Trinity College, shares insights from an Edinburgh conference on valuing nature

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News: Natural Capital in the Irish Times

Professor Yvonne Buckley, IFNC member and Chair of the Biodiversity Forum, has written an article in the Irish Times explaining how natural

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