Videos

In this video, Professor Mary Kelly-Quinn, Freshwater Ecology at the School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, discusses the use of Bayesian Belief Network models (or BBNs) for sustainable forestry project ForES. (Subtitled) ForES ('For Ecosystem Services') project is backed by Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and led by natural scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD). The team is working with stakeholders on specific Coillte forest sites. It will use the Bayesian Belief Network method to model forest management scenarios and use the natural capital approach and structured decision making to create a web tool to enable all foresters and landowners to make more sustainable data-driven decisions. Please share this video on social media using #ForESproject #NaturalCapital ​Visit the project website at www.for-es.ie for more information.

In this video, Francesco Martini, Trinity College Dublin, discusses how the sustainable forestry project ForES is accounting for forest ecosystem services through a natural capital approach. (Subtitled) ForES ('For Ecosystem Services') project is backed by Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and led by natural scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD). The team is working with stakeholders on specific Coillte forest sites. It will use the Bayesian Belief Network method to model forest management scenarios and use the natural capital approach and structured decision making to create a web tool to enable all foresters and landowners to make more sustainable data-driven decisions. Please share this video on social media using #ForESproject #NaturalCapital ​Visit the project website at www.for-es.ie for more information. 1

Ciaran Fallon of Irish state forester Coillte on the development of the ForES project using natural capital approach in woodland estates to create a tool which will enable foresters and land users to balance multiple objectives for wood production, for climate, for nature, and for people. ForES ('For Ecosystem Services') project is backed by Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and led by natural scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD). See the for-es.ie website for more

In this video, Professor Yvonne Buckley, Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, discusses the application of structured decision making in the sustainable forestry project ForES. (Subtitled) ForES ('For Ecosystem Services') project is backed by Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and led by natural scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD). The team is working with stakeholders on specific Coillte forest sites. It will use the Bayesian Belief Network method to model forest management scenarios and use the natural capital approach and structured decision making to create a web tool to enable all foresters and landowners to make more sustainable data-driven decisions. Please share this video on social media using #ForESproject #NaturalCapital ​Visit the project website at www.for-es.ie for more information.

In this video, Professor Jane Stout, Trinity College Dublin, discusses the natural capital approach used in sustainable forestry project ForES. (Subtitled) ForES ('For Ecosystem Services') project is backed by Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and led by natural scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD). The team is working with stakeholders on specific Coillte forest sites. It will use the Bayesian Belief Network method to model forest management scenarios and use the natural capital approach to create a web tool to enable all foresters and landowners to make more sustainable data-driven decisions. Please share this video on social media using #ForESproject #NaturalCapital ​Visit the project website at www.for-es.ie for more information. See also www.naturalcapitalireland.com

The ForES team has produced the brief introductory video which features Kathleen Conroy, PhD Candidate at Trinity College Dublin, explaining how the project, working at specific Coillte forest sites around Ireland, will: - Develop natural capital accounts for forest sites that will capture information on stocks (amount, location and condition of forest habitats), and the flows of their ecosystem services - Consider the multiple values of forests in addition to commercial timber production, such as carbon sequestration, water retention, biodiversity and recreation, applying a holistic approach to ensure nature’s many values are considered in decision-making - Develop a web-based interactive tool to enable data-driven decision-making for all forest managers and landowners. The ForES ('For Ecosystem Services') project is backed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and led by natural scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) and will use the Bayesian Belief Network method to model forest management scenarios. Please share this video on social media using #ForESproject ​Visit the project website at www.for-es.ie For queries, contact info@naturalcapitalireland.com

Co-founder of Natural Capital Ireland Professor Jane C. Stout provides a slideshow introduction to natural capital concepts and how not-for-profit organisation Natural Capital Ireland is advocating for natural capital accounting systems such as the System of Environmental Economic Accounting - Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EA) to be integrated into national accounts in order to value, protect and restore Ireland’s natural capital & ecosystem services. Visit www.naturalcapitalireland.com for more information.

Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD announces a new biodiversity conference that will mark a key milestone in the development of Ireland’s Fourth National Biodiversity Action Plan The next National Biodiversity Conference will be held at Dublin Castle on June 8-9, 2022 and livestreamed. The event will see national and international experts come together under the theme ‘Act Now for Nature’. The conference forms part of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage’s public consultation on Ireland’s fourth National Biodiversity Action Plan, which will be implemented over a period of five years. The event is hosted by Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage & National Parks & Wildlife Service, facilitated by Natural Capital Ireland (www.naturalcapitalireland.com) #Biodcon22 #Biodplan22 #ActNow #ForNature See https://www.biodiversityconference.ie/

The Peatlands Gathering event was held online on October 7 & 8th, 2021, and welcomed all who are interested in peatlands to a series of presentations and discussions. Organised by a collective of groups & individuals and hosted by Natural Capital Ireland, the aim of the Gathering was to share knowledge and to cultivate a new beginning for peatlands in Ireland and beyond, promoting dialogue about peatlands and their future, with key messages from the Gathering to be presented at the COP26 meeting on Climate Change in Glasgow in November 2021. The event rounded off with a panel discussion chaired by journalist Ella McSweeney, (Notes taker: Pat Fitzgerald, Irish Peatland Society) with: Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use & Biodiversity, Dept of Agriculture, Food & the Marine Andy Bleasdale, National Parks and Wildlife Service Andrew Jackson, University College Dublin Alan Matthews, Trinity College Dublin ​Geraldine O'Sullivan Irish Farmers’ Association ​Nuala Madigan Irish Peatland Conservation Council ​Farewell & thankyou – Organiser Catherine Farrell, TCD See www.peatlandsgathering.com & www.naturalcapitalireland.com