burren LIFE

December 13, 2011
BFCP features on Eco-Eye

Check out some footage of BFCP on Eco eye (Jan 11, 2012): http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1130361

December 16, 2011
BurrenLIFE – Best of the Best

The EU Member States represented on the LIFE Committee and the European Commission’s LIFE Nature Unit have announced the Best LIFE Nature Projects 2010. The 18 projects selected represent the most successful of the recently completed LIFE Nature projects, in terms of best practices and/or demonstration actions on nature conservation and the implementation of the Habitats and Birds Directives.

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December 13, 2011
Burren LIFE – BFCP??

BFCP is an innovative approach to farming in the Burren which seeks to combine high quality food production with a healthy environment and heritage. BFCP is built on the findings of the BurrenLIFE project which finished in 2010.
BFCP currently works with over 140 farmers on 13,000ha of SAC land, distributing over 1m per annum to these farmers. For more info on BFCP, please check out the ‘Phase II’ section of this website. All other sections of the website refer primarily to the work of the BurrenLIFE Project.

December 13, 2011
BFCP Update Year 2

The BFCP ran from May 1st to December 31st 2011. For a short (3 page) summary on the progress of the BFCP, please download the pdf using the link below.

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November 09, 2011
The Burren Community Charter

The Burren Community Charter is a locally based initiative, the aim of which is to bring the communities of the Burren together to develop a collective vision for the future of their place. The BFCP is closely involved in the Burren Charter along with other local organisations (Burren IFA, Burrenbeo Trust, Burren Connect) and local authorities (Clare and Galway) in this Heritage Council Funded initiative.

For more information please download attached document.

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July 05, 2011
30 additional places allocated under BFCP

The Dept of Agriculture have offered (on July 4th 2011) 30 new places for farmers who want to be part of the Burren Farming for Conservation Programme.
An induction/training event will be held for these farmers on July 13th next in Carron. Contact 065-7089000 or info@burrenlife.com for more details on the training event.

June 24, 2011
BFCP Year 1 Payments Issued

MINISTER COVENEY ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF PAYMENTS UNDER THE NEW BURREN FARMING FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMME

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February 15, 2011
BFCP Workers Database Now Available

The BFCP workers’ database is now available on-line. This database contains a list of skilled and semiskilled workers the majority of whom live in or near the Burren region. A large proportion of the workers are members of the farming community with relevant skills and experience.
Please contact workers directly if you have work available.

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May 26, 2011
BurrenLIFE voted ‘Best of the Best’

EU Member States have selected the BurrenLIFE project as one of the “Best of the Best” LIFE Nature project in Europe in 2010. An award ceremony was held on Wednesday the 25th of May in Brussels during Green Week.

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May 05, 2011
Michael Viney – Farming for Conservation

Michael Viney, long term columnist with the Irish Times wrote a wonderful article about farming for conservation in the Burren for the lates issue of Burren Insight 3.

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May 05, 2011
BFCP Year 1 Report

BFCP have published a detailed report on its first year of activities.

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March 14, 2011
Burren farmers get €300,000 for flowers

PAYMENTS TOTALLING almost €300,000 have been approved for Burren farmers for producing rare and wild Burren flowers as part of a Government scheme.
by Gordon Deegan, published in the Irish Times March 8th 2011.

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