
Collaborative Town Centre Health Check Programme
A trans-disciplinary Collaborative Town Centre Health Check Programme which was carried out in conjunction with participating towns across the country.
2015 – 2020
Initiative to collect and disseminate data on Irish pollinators and to devise positive actions to support pollinator conservation in Ireland.
Initiative to collect and disseminate data on Irish pollinators and to devise positive actions to support pollinator conservation in Ireland.
The Irish Pollinator Initiative was established by the National Biodiversity Data Centre in 2015 with the support of the Heritage Council, in order to address the critical issue of declining pollinator numbers in Ireland.
About one third of our Ireland’s 101 native bee species are threatened with extinction. Bees are the most important pollinator of crops and native plant species in Ireland, and according to a recent study by the Department of the Environment, are worth an estimated €85 million per annum to the Irish economy. “Habitat loss and the intensification of agriculture have resulted in a crisis in Irish bees,” said Dr Úna FitzPatrick, an ecologist at Ireland’s National Biodiversity Data Centre.
The main aims of the Irish Pollinator Initiative are to:
The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015-2020 published in September 2015 identifies 81 actions to make Ireland pollinator friendly. It provides an important framework to bring together pollinator initiatives across the island and is the start of a process for collectively taking positive steps to protect Irish pollinators and the service they provide.
The Irish Pollinator Initiative website provides a centralised information source on the importance of pollination, and on the ecology, distribution, and conservation of Ireland’s key pollinators.
The Irish Pollinator Initiative is entirely reliant on the generosity of volunteer recorders who get involved and submit data on Ireland’s bees and hoverflies. It offers a range of opportunities for everyone to contribute, learn and get involved through reporting casual sightings of bees and hoverflies and taking part in the Bumblebee Monitoring Scheme to making your garden more pollinator friendly.
A trans-disciplinary Collaborative Town Centre Health Check Programme which was carried out in conjunction with participating towns across the country.
Our podcasts this year will explore a broad overview of the multi-layered experiences which encompass Ireland’s past. These podcasts will also put into context how this sense of heritage is all part of our collective experience, and why so much of what went before, still resonates in the present.
Supporting collaborative projects that assess the functions, unique selling points, quality of public spaces and civic landmarks in historic towns in order to formulate and develop visionary plans for their future development.