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The Local Authority Pollinator Award aims to encourage Tidy Towns groups to implement pollinator-friendly actions in their towns and villages as part of the Tidy Towns competition. It supports the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan and is coordinated and sponsored by the … Continued

Congratulations to Kilbarry Nature Park – the overall Pollinator Award winner for 2021! The Green Flag Award scheme recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces around the world. … Continued

Origin Green, Bord Bia’s food sustainability programme, in conjunction with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (AIPP) will be hosting the third of three ‘Pathways to Biodiversity’ webinars on 1st December 2021, 1000-1100. This time, the webinar will focus on how companies … Continued

  Amid worries about declines in Irish bees, one solitary bee species is bucking the trend and has just arrived. The Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae) has migrated from Britain to set up home in Ireland for the first time. The … Continued

Origin Green, Bord Bia’s food sustainability programme, in conjunction with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan (AIPP) will be hosting the second of three ‘Pathways to Biodiversity’ webinars on 27th October 2021, 1000-1100. This time, the webinar will focus on how AIPP … Continued

Bord Bia has announced a new partnership with the National Biodiversity Data Centre to support companies in identifying and implementing smart biodiversity targets in line with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025.  Protecting and enhancing biodiversity has been a key focus … Continued

Biodiversity provides a variety of benefits including production of food and water, maintenance of soil fertility, control of climate and disease, nutrient cycling, and crop pollination. Food security is put at risk by the loss of biodiversity, as well as … Continued

On June 10th, Causeway Hospital, managed by Northern Health & Social Care Trust, became the first healthcare site to officially sign up as a supporter of the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.  Nurse at the hospital and co-founder of the hugely successful … Continued

‘Plan Bee’ – TG4 documentary 9.30pm In Plean Bee, Dr. Úna Fitzpatrick from the National Biodiversity Centre, Professor Jane Stout from TCD, and Belfast-based biologist Dr. Pól Mac Cána explain the variety of pollinators who work on our behalf, and … Continued