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

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

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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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