Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I thank Dr. Delgado Rosa. He spoke about favourable status and looking at favourable status and targets. I worked with scientists when we were involved in the rewetting of peatlands. You could do all the things in rewetting but for one reason or another, I have seen peatlands and boglands in Ireland such as Raheenmore, for example, which is designated, that have never been able to reach favourable status. It actually decreased. This was even though there was nothing going on. All the rewetting had been done. What is Dr. Delgado Rosa's answer to this point? I refer to when he speaks about ensuring legally that there is favourable status.
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