Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion

Dr. Catherine Farrell:

That is one of the reasons for using the system of environmental and economic accounting. It is getting a system where we can start looking at payment for ecosystem goods and services provided by that hill farmer for ensuring good water quality for enabling those populations of freshwater pearl mussel and the same for the farmers on the edges of the bogs who might want to get involved with the restoration and rehabilitation and be part of a future network of peatscapes, which will assist the National Parks and Wildlife Service and all of us here in reaching our targets for nature.

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