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water action plan

The Rivers Trust criticises Water Action Plan 2024 for lack of ambition in tackling Irish water quality decline

  • Matthew Woodard
The Rivers Trust has welcomed the launch of Ireland’s Water Action Plan 2024 but voiced its concerns about its lack of ambition and the two-year delay in publishing the plan, leaving little time to achieve meaningful impact for rivers, lakes and coastal waters.

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Press release: Protecting European rivers and wetlands: The Rivers Trust announces Ireland’s RiWet Project launch

  • Matthew Woodard
Following approval and co-funding from the Interreg Europe Programme last April, the Rivers and Wetlands Protection Project (RiWET) is now set to commence its ambitious journey to safeguard Ireland’s vital water resources as part of a bigger European initiative.

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Ireland river

Press release: New State of Our Rivers Report reveals alarming scale of freshwater crisis on the Island of Ireland

  • Matthew Woodard
This groundbreaking report marks the first time that data from both Northern Ireland and Ireland has been included, reflecting the organisation’s expanding presence in both members and project work and commitment to freshwater conservation on the island of Ireland.

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wetland in Ireland with peat moss in the foreground, water in midground, and fields and mountains in background.

Press Release: Buffer+: An Interreg NWE project focusing much needed attention on peatlands

  • Matthew Woodard
BUFFER+ is a new Interreg NWE-funded project that will run for four years through individual partner projects across five NW European countries (Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands). Each project aims to restore the capacity of peatlands to buffer water and carbon.

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Wetland Ireland

Press Statement: The Rivers Trust announces innovative water stewardship project partnership in Ireland

  • Matthew Woodard
The Rivers Trust is embarking on an exciting three-year partnership with Amazon Web Services and Meta in Ireland, initiating a dynamic collaboration to unearth opportunities and execute transformative, large-scale, nature-driven solutions.

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