Major Irish role in €2.2m farm biodiversity drive

Burrenbeo Trust along with partners IT Sligo will play a central role in the establishment of a new knowledge and best practice network which aims to boost innovation in agricultural areas across Europe renowned for their outstanding natural and cultural values.

Burrenbeo has joined forces with the Centre for Environmental Research, Innovation and Sustainability (CERIS) at IT Sligo, to launch HNV Link, an international project dealing with high nature value farming (where agricultural activities are associated with exceptionally high biodiversity).

The project will operate across 11 countries — Ireland, the UK, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, France, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Finland, and Sweden.