BIRR Castle Estate has been awarded a prestigious EU environmental prize for its hard work to improve its bee population. The Special Mention of the Jury was aw.
The World Bee Project technology partner, AmoHive, was recently recognised by the European Landowners Organisation (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery
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Board members from Corracreigh GWS, a scheme that is taking part in the Source Protection Pilot Project in Roscommon. Left to right: Thomas Flanagan, Seamus Donoghue, Thomas Rushe (GWS manager), Pat Owens, Tom Ames (chair) Fred Dolan, Hughie Durr, Micheal John Croghan. \ NFGWS
A Roscommon community claimed the European Bee Award for 2020 recently.
The National Federation of Group Water Schemes (NFGWS) Source Protection Pilot Project in Co Roscommon took the accolade in the land management practices category for its ‘Let it Bee’ initiative.
The pilot project in Roscommon aimed to educate the public on how the environment surrounding the water source affects the quality of drinking water in taps and how improving biodiversity can affect this.