9:05 am Brehon Law & Ireland’s traditions looking to/after the environment Dr Elva Johnston, School of History, University College Dublin [Presentation]

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Agriculture & Biodiversity – Policies and Practices Past & Present

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9:15 am General Interactions between Agriculture and Biodiversity

Dr Helen Sheridan, School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin [Presentation]

9:30 am Agricultural biodiversity: Current policies, programmes and practices

Dr Daire Ó hUallacháin, Senior Research Officer in Ecology & Water Quality, Teagasc [Presentation]

9:45 am Roundtable discussion (private session)

10:10 am Q&A

10:25 am Coffee

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Hearing from Farmers

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10:40 am Voices of Farmers:

– Biodiversity and the farm

– Successes and challenges in managing biodiversity

Panel One

Macra na Feirme – Shane Fitzgerald – Dairy farmer from Waterford whose farm is a participant in the Teagasc Signpost Programme [Presentation]

IFA – Paul O’Brien (Environment Committee Chair) – Sheep and Tillage farmer in Graignamanagh Co, Kilkenny for 34 years [Presentation]

ICMSA – Pat McCormack (President) – County Tipperary dairy farmer who supplies Tipp Coop with spring calving herd

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Irish Organic Association – Stephen Meredith (Policy advisor) – Organic beef and tillage farmer, working with his father and brother near Ballylinan, Co. Laois [Presentation]

11:05 am Roundtable discussion (private session)

11:30 am Q&A

11:50 am Voices of Farmers:

Panel Two

Talamh Beo – Maurice Deasy – Arable and Sheep farmer with his father in North Tipperary [Presentaion]

INHFA – Aideen McGloin – Sheep and Beef Farmer, Ox Mountains, South Sligo [Presentation]

ICSA – Dan Lynam – Farmer for 55 years, farming 400 acres with his son in Westmeath [Presentation]

Irish Grain Growers – Pat Cleary – Farms 600 acres with his two sons – the family’s 6th farming generation – in Kildare [Presentation]

12:15 pm Roundtable discussion (private session)

12:40 pm Q&A

1:00 pm Lunch

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What can we learn from others?

2:00 pm What can we learn from other countries?

Prof. Lynn Dicks, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge [Presentaion]

2:15 pm Engaging and motivating farmers to reverse biodiversity loss

Dr Brendan Dunford, Manager, Burren Programme and founder of Burrenbeo Trust [Presentation]

2:30 pm Roundtable discussion (private session)

2:55 pm Q&A

3:10 pm Coffee & interlude

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Woodlands, Forestry and Biodiversity in Ireland

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3:25 pm Overview: Woodlands and Forests – Biodiversity Loss and Recovery

Richard Nairn, Director Natura Trees, member of the Steering Committee of Woodlands of Ireland [Presentation]

3:40 pm Coillte Forestry and Biodiversity

Mark Carlin, Managing Director for Forestry, Coillte [Presention]

3:50 pm Roundtable discussion (private session)

4:15 pm Q&A

4:30 pm Woodland and Forestry video

4:45 pm Roundtable discussion (private session)

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5:00 pm Q&A with people featured in Woodland and Forestry video

Eoghan Daltun – Beara Rainforest, Cork
Caroline Stanley – Friends of Merlin Wood, Galway
Andy Francis – Sitka spruce plantation farmer, Tipperary

5:20 pm Session ends

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Sunday 16 October

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9:00 am Questions from Saturday’s sessions with the EAG

9:30 am Environmental Rights and Rights of Nature

Prof. Áine Ryall, School of Law, University College Cork [Presentation]

9:45 am Q&A

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Peatlands and Biodiversity

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10:00 am Overview of Peatlands & Biodiversity

Dr Catherine Farrell, Ecologist, Coordinator Peatlands Gathering 2021 [Presentation]

10:15 am Peatlands: Voices from the Community

Irish Rural Link – Seamus Boland, Chief Executive Officer [Presentation]

Community Wetlands Forum – Ciaran Duggan – Farmer, forester and bog man, connecting nature with community as a member of the Carbury bog committee [Presentation]

Irish Peatlands Conservation Council – Nuala Madigan, Chief Executive Officer [Presentation]

10:40 am Roundtable discussion (private session)

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11:05 am Q&A

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11:20 am Coffee

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11:35 am Taking stock (1hr 10mins) (private session)

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12:45 pm Evaluation forms completion

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12:55 pm Wrap up by Chairperson

1:00 pm Meeting ends