Newsletter Archive

Our newsletters are all available below—they are a monthly log of policy updates, new publications, industry job vacancies, new tools related to natural capital accounting or other means of valuing nature, updates on Irish projects, and events (some of these will be outdated, but conference reports or videos are often available).

2026

APRIL

Read about what Natural Capital Ireland got up to in April, including the launch of the ForES Decision Support Tool!

MARCH

Join the final ForES Project stakeholder event, launching a decision support tool for forest ecosystem services. Discover upcoming environmental events and resources about Irish agri-environmental projects, peatland finance, and best-practice for considering bats in onshore wind turbines.

FEBRUARY

Announcing the Interreg NWE REBORN Project focused on seagrass restoration, plus the final ForES Project event and other natural capital news.

JANUARY

Sharing the UK naturional security assessment on global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse.

2025

DECEMBER

Professor Jane Stout, Paddy Woodworth and Dr Declan Little share their memories on the occassion of NCI's 10th Anniversary. We also share the 2025 CSO Ecosystem Accounts Stakeholder Forum Report.

NOVEMBER

NCI attended events on biosecurity and invasive species, textiles in the bioeconomy, nature financing, and bioregional approaches. The new ISO 14054:2025 on Natural Capital Accounting has launched, and the ForES Project published a new webinar on their Decision Support Tool for sustainable forestry.

OCTOBER

NCI attended the Irish Bioeconomy Forum meeting, Nua Mara's 'Todhchaí Ghorm - Blue Future' event, CSO Ecosystem Accounts Stakeholder Forum, KPMG's Stakeholder Workshops for the KBAP 2023-2030 progress report, and Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit.

SEPTEMBER

NCI participated in a brilliant two-day training with CLIMAREST and the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) Europe, focused on marine ecosystems. We also attended the discussion 'Breaking Ground - Female Leaders in Agriculture' at the 2025 National Ploughing Championships.

JUNE

NCI held a Natural Capital Stakeholder Workshop in conjunction with the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, and welcomed the opportunity to meet with Minister Christopher O’Sullivan TD, Office of the Minister of State for Nature, Heritage & Biodiversity.

MAY

NCI hosted an event with Maynooth Green Campus for Kildare Biodiversity Week, as well as a panel discussion at the annual Mary Robinson Climate & Nature Conference 'Courage in Crisis'.

APRIL

NCI attended the first Nature Restoration Law Leaders Forum and invited feedback on the ForES Project's tool.

FEBRUARY

Our first quarterly Steering Committee meeting of 2025, Bioeconomy Forum 2.0 plenary meeting, and new ExaActR tool generating extent accounts using shapefiles to understand, visualise and track changes in ecosystem assets.

JANUARY

Announcing our new Steering Committee and publishing the 'High-level Recommendations for Funding Nature Restoration in Ireland' report.

2024

OCTOBER

Our organisation is now seeking nominations for election to the NCI Steering Committee

SEPTEMBER

NCI hosted a meet-up in Galway for SDG Week for those interested in learning more about the natural capital approach and an exchange of ideas on nature restoration and collaboration

AUGUST

Natural Capital Ireland will host a stand at the annual Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit

JUNE/JULY

Insights from the Natural Capital Symposium and welcoming a new NCI Director, Martina Von Richter

MAY

NCI is delighted to announce the appointment of Deirdre Lane, founder of ShamrockSpring, as our new Executive Coordinator.

APRIL

NCI has teamed up with Green Foundation Ireland for a free in-person event in Dublin for Biodiversity Week - 'Biodiversity in Everyday Decision-making - a Natural Capital approach'

MARCH

NCI is taking part in the NESC event - 'Making Nature Visible: What Can Natural Capital Accounting Do For Us?'

FEBRUARY

The National Economic and Social Council is hosting an in-person event to discuss natural capital accounting in Ireland in the wake of new report, 'Natural Capital Accounting: A Guide For Action'. .

JANUARY

The National Biodiversity Action Plan 2023-2030 is published, as well as the NCI-facilitated NESC report on Natural Capital in Ireland.

2023

DECEMBER

Seasons Greetings from Natural Capital Ireland🎄

NOVEMBER

The INCASE project final report was launched - well done to the INCASE team for all their hard work on this long-running project, NCI hosted a briefing event at Trinity.

OCTOBER

NCI had a busy autumn with visits to Leinster House to talk funding for biodiversity action and hosted a stand at the Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit.

SEPTEMBER

NCI issued a pre-Budget statement to the Government recommending that a natural capital approach be used to ensure nature is prioritised at policy level across sectors

AUGUST

Our colleagues at IDEEA Group are 'decluttering the natural capital space, take the Peat Hub Ireland survey, with plenty of events for Hedgerow Week coming up.

JULY

NCI joins the Steering Group for Waterways Ireland as they incorporate the natural capital approach into their Strategic Plan, open for consultation, & new SEEA paper.

JUNE

Nature’s Frontiers Report: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency and Prosperity with Natural Capital is launched by The World Bank, and Nature Restoration Law goes up for vote.

MAY

Read our Annual Report presented at the NCI AGM. This month, our team took part in a CSO stakeholder event on Ecosystem Accounting, with more news on our blog.

APRIL

NCI issued a Strategy Survey to subscribers and our INCASE ecologist Dr Catherine Farrell gave a taste of our project findings at the EU Waters of Life networking event.

MARCH

NCI executive coordinator Iseult Sheehy gave a presentation to an international audience at Stanford, USA, for Natural Capital Project and a new ForES project video.

FEBRUARY

The Board of NCI invited tender submissions to prepare a Strategic Plan for our organisation and we submitted to the Voluntary National Review on the SDGs.

JANUARY

We welcomed our new Steering Committee and shared Business For Biodiversity Ireland lead Lucy Gaffney's key takeaways from the Cop15 global biodiversity summit.

2022

DECEMBER

2022 was a busy year for nature - a look back at the many exciting NCI projects we have undertaken.

NOVEMBER

Voting is under way for the NCI steering committee election and Business For Biodiversity Ireland lead Lucy Gaffney addressed the Citizens assembly on Biodiversity Loss.

OCTOBER

NCI hosted a stand at the Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit in Trinity College Dublin and Business For Biodiversity Ireland co-hosted the European Business & Nature Summit in Brussels.

SEPTEMBER

A call for feedback on Ireland's 4th National Biodiversity Action Plan public consultation.

AUGUST

NCI Report Series presents a policy review to identify where forestry-related ecosystem services play a role in different sectors. Also Business For Biodiversity co-hosting the European Business & Nature Summit.

JULY

Our explainer video introducing the concepts behind the natural capital approach to help members to understand and spread the word and our report on Teaching the approach at Higher-level in Ireland.

JUNE

A round-up of what happened at Biodcon22, with the Taoiseach declaring "a new era of stewardship for nature" and launch of the Business For Biodiversity platform by ministers and pilot businesses.

MAY

We issued a call-out for Biodiversity Conference volunteers and announced new Chair of the NCI Board of Directors Fiona Ross.

APRIL

Announcing the next National Biodiversity Conference for Ireland - #Biodcon22 will take place in Dublin Castle & online in June 8 & 9th, 2022, an initiative of the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, facilitated by Natural Capital Ireland. Registration is open!

MARCH

We issued our Annual Report and Financial Statements and announced some updates to NCI strategy and Board. We have a new page on our site detailing our recent policy consultation submissions.

FEBRUARY

Looking forward to another major month for nature ahead - World Wildlife Day, Day of Forests & World Water Day - and read our submission to the public consultation on carbon budgets.

JANUARY

New ambitions for nature, as we share our submission to the National Land Use review and look ahead to spring events.