BIRDWATCH IRELAND HAS written to government ministers calling for them to find €17 million for a national scheme to support farmers to save threatened farmland birds.
The conservation organisation has estimated that €30 million is needed to fund agri-environmental schemes and other key measures which support farmers to save curlew, lapwing and other birds from extinction.
To date it has only secured €13 million in Ireland’s Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan, split between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
€17 million needed to save Ireland’s most threatened birds says BirdWatch Ireland
The conservation organisation has estimated that €30 million is needed to fund agri-environmental schemes and other key measures which support farmers to save curlew, lapwing and other birds from extinction.
To date it has only secured €13 million in Ireland’s Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan, split between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
€17 million needed to save Ireland’s most threatened birds says BirdWatch Ireland