News Archive
- 13/12/2011
- BFCP Update Year 2
- 09/11/2011
- The Burren Community Charter
- 20/05/2011
- Burren Project featured in new EC booklet on Investing in N2000
- 08/07/2009
- Good News For Burren Farmers - €3 million in funding
- 19/05/2010
- Over 300 Applications Received For Burren Farming For Conservation Programme
- 26/04/2010
- Minister Launches New Burren Farming Programme
News & Events
June 01, 2013
BFCP Year 3 (2012) Report
BFCP have published their third annual report detailing the continuing success of this pioneering ‘farming for conservation’ programme.
May 10, 2013
New EU Publication on farming in N2000: Case Study on the Burren
Taken from the soon-to-be-published EC Guidance document:
Guidance on managing farmland in Natura 2000
Case Study: Managing priority grass-land habitats reliant on
grazing
Creating a model of sustainable agriculture in Ireland
February 28, 2013
BFCP Year 3 Payments Issued
Minister Coveney confirms the issuing of payments totaling €948,000 to 147 farmers under the BFCP to support high environmental value farming in the Burren which is one of Ireland’s outstanding landscapes.
January 31, 2013
See BFCP on TV
January 2013: BFCP features on ‘Eco Eye’ and also on Oireachtas TV Web Channel.
February 23, 2012
BFCP Annual Reports
BFCP publish a detailed report on the operation of the programme every year.
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.
August 22, 2012
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.
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.
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.
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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