The Waters of LIFE Project Manager, Anne Goggin, was recently a guest on Tom MacSweeney’s Maritime Ireland Podcast. Anne outlined the decline in the number of High Status Waterbodies in Ireland since the 1970’s and described how the Waters of LIFE Project hopes to reverse this decline. You can listen to the full episode be
A Framework of Measures and Best Practice Guidance for High Status Objective Water Bodies was published by the Waters of LIFE Project today. The report comprises a comprehensive set of measures to address pressures on water quality from a range of sectors considered to be impacting on these types of rivers, which are often located
The Desk Study for the Graney Demonstration Catchment in on the borders of Counties Clare and Galway has been published. The Desk Study was prepared by Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) catchment scientists on behalf of the Waters of LIFE Project. Desk Studies are the first stage in Project Action C1: Catchment Walkover Investigations. They
The Desk Study for the Islands Demonstration Catchment in on the borders of Counties Roscommon and Galway has been published. The Desk Study was prepared by Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) catchment scientists on behalf of the Waters of LIFE Project. Desk Studies are the first stage in Project Action C1: Catchment Walkover Investigations. They
The Desk Study for the Sheen Control Catchment in County Kerry has been published. The Desk Study was prepared by Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) catchment scientists on behalf of the Waters of LIFE Project. Desk Studies are the first stage in Project Action C1: Catchment Walkover Investigations. They are the initial investigations of the
Members of the Waters of LIFE project team attended a conference entitled – “Trialling a Natural Capital approach to fund and deliver environmental benefits”. This course was hosted by our colleagues in the Natural Course LIFE IP in the United Kingdom. The conference was held in Manchester on the 25th & 26th of April.
The Desk Study for the Awbeg Demonstration Catchment in County Cork has been published. The Desk Study was prepared by Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) catchment scientists on behalf of the Waters of LIFE Project. Desk Studies are the first stage in Project Action C1: Catchment Walkover Investigations. They are the initial investigations of the
Waters of LIFE, in partnership with Natural Course LIFE Integrated Project, the Wild Atlantic Nature Integrated Project and LIFE on Machair hosted a seminar exploring the topics of natural capital and environmental funding on 29th and 30th of March at Croom Community Enterprise Centre. The event was opened by the Waters of LIFE Project Manager,
The first edition of the Waters of LIFE Newsletter has been published. In the newsletter, we hope to bring you news about the Project and its progress, information on project catchments, activities and publications, and about its people. You can read the Newsletter by following the link below: Newsletter Issue 1 Photo – Springfield River,
The Desk Study for the Shournagh Demonstration Catchment in County Cork has been published. The Desk Study was prepared by Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) catchment scientists on behalf of the Waters of LIFE Project. Desk Studies are the first stage in Project Action C1: Catchment Walkover Investigations. They are the initial investigations of the
The Desk Study for the Avonmore Demonstration Catchment has been published. The Desk Study was prepared by Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) catchment scientists on behalf of the Waters of LIFE Project. Desk Studies are the first stage in Project Action C1: Catchment Walkover Investigations. They are the initial investigations of the catchments based on
The Report on the Initial Public Engagement for the project has been published. The purpose of Project Action A5: initial community engagement regarding concrete actions, as outlined in the project proposal, was to guide the final selection of demonstration catchments and raise awareness of the project amongst local communities, thereby maximising their participation and assuring
The Waters of LIFE was featured in an article in the Irish Independent Farming Independent Supplement on 6th December. In the article, the Project Manager, Anne Goggin, described the project and its vision for restoring our pristine waterbodies. If you have an Irish Independent digital subscription you can view the full article at: https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/forestry-enviro/forestry/incentivising-farmers-to-protect-our-cleanest-rivers-42197024.html
The Presentations from the Public Engagement Meetings have been uploaded and are available on the individual Demonstration Catchment pages.
The Catchment Selection Report for the project has been published. The Waters of LIFE project proposal required that 5 Demonstrations Catchment be selected in which measures would be trialled for the protection and restoration of HSO river water bodies. A sixth catchment that has maintained high status consistently was to be selected to act as
Waters of LIFE Project Manager Anne Goggin attended the launch of a ‘Blue Dot Catchments’ Booklet by Christopher O’Sullivan TD. The event was supported by Michael Collins TD and Lord Mayor of County Cork Danny Collins. Christopher O’Sullivan TD, in launching the publication stressed “the importance of water quality and how it underpins biodiversity as
