• S2 E9 - Protecting Ireland's waterways: The power of trees as a 21st century environmental tool

  • Nov 15 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
  • Podcast

S2 E9 - Protecting Ireland's waterways: The power of trees as a 21st century environmental tool

  • Summary

  • In this episode we hear from Paul O’Callaghan and Mike O’Connor about the impact of farming and climate change on our water systems, catchment science, how agroforestry could provide solutions to improve water quality and drainage and how trees can benefit the ecosystem in and around our water bodies.

    Episode host:

    Ray Ó Foghlú

    Episode guests:

    Paul O’Callaghan

    Mike O’Connor

    Resources:

    Local Authority Waters Programme

    Duhallow Farming for Blue Dot Catchments - Booklet of Measures

    Duhallow Farming for Blue Dot Catchments EIP DEMO Farms

    The battle for phosphorus is intensifying - University of Southern Denmark

    Catchments IE

    LA Waters - Citizen Science

    LA Waters - Citizen Science Stream Index

    Farming for Water European Innovation Partnership

    ACRES Ireland

    Climate Resilient Reforestation Pilot Scheme

    This podcast is produced by the ⁠⁠Irish Agroforestry Forum⁠⁠ and funded by the ⁠⁠Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine⁠⁠ Forestry Promotion Fund.

    Our hosts are ⁠⁠Catherine Cleary⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Ray Ó Foghlú⁠⁠, with design and production by Karishma Kusurkar from ⁠⁠The Curated Pod⁠⁠ and the project lead is Maureen Kilgore, Manager of the Irish Agroforestry Forum.

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