Natural Capital Ireland

🔹 The Land Use Review Phase 2 Report has been received by government ministers: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
🔹 In June 2025, @deptcee.bsky.social & NCI hosted a stakeholder workshop to inform the development of a Natural Capital Expert Group: www.naturalcapitalireland.com/naturalcapit...

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How have these focus areas developed since 2024?

🔹Dr Catherine Farrell's BUU44706 Natural Capital Accounting module in @tcddublin.bsky.social teaches the SEEA-EA process.
🔹LIFE SNaP aims to create an Integrated Data Platform & National Complementary Funding Unit for Nature: www.lifesnap.ie

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Valuing and Accounting for Nature in Ireland: Briefing paper commissioned from Natural Capital Ireland by NESC in January 2024. www.naturalcapitalireland.com/projects Key takeaways: - Building natural capital into the education system - Allocating budget for natural capital accounting - Developing maps and easier access to nature data - Signposting the natural capital approach in relevant policy - Establishing a Natural Capital Advisory Group Read the caption to discover how these areas of focus have developed in recent years.

In January 2024, the NESC Ireland Research Series featured a paper they commissioned from Natural Capital Ireland. It looked at embedding the Natural Capital Approach and Natural Capital Accounting in Irish policy for the benefit of people and planet.

➡️ www.nesc.ie/publications...

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The team took >200 datasets from >30 agencies and compiled them using the statistical framework SEEA-EA. The process highlighted knowledge and data gaps that affect the development of Natural Capital Accounting in Ireland. Another recommendation was that not all accounts should be monetised. 🧵[2/2]

Graphic of a flowing river with trees on the bank.INCASE Project. Learn more: www.naturalcapitalireland.com/incase-project & www.seea.un.org/ecosystem-accounting>200 datasets from >30 agencies and the SEEA-EA statistical framework combined to create natural capital accounts for 4 sub-catchments: Bride (Co. Cork), Dargle (Co. Wicklow), Figile (Co. Offaly), Caragh (Co. Kerry). incl. their ecosystem and geosystem extent, condition, and services for people.Project Partners: Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University of Limerick, University of Galway, IDEEA Group, Natural Capital Ireland. The INCASE Project was funded under the EPA Research Programme 2014-2020.

From 2019-2023, INCASE developed natural capital accounts for four contrasting sub-catchments across Ireland: Dargle in Co. Wicklow, Figile in Co. Offaly, Bride in Co. Cork, and Caragh in Co. Kerry) 🧵[1/2]

Learn more:
🔗 www.naturalcapitalireland.com/incase-project
🔗 seea.un.org/ecosystem-ac...

Heard about natural capital but not sure what it means?

Natural capital helps decision-making by creating an economic metaphor for nature. It frames resources like plants, animals, water, and minerals as assets or stocks that yield a flow of benefits to us.

▶️Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TELw...

Natural Capital Ireland - Events & Consultations Calendar Highlights.- BioDirect 2.0 Roundtable on Agriculture. Jan 14. Celbridge, Co. Kildare- Consultation Deadline: Jan 15. Changes to the scale of fees for environmental judicial reviews.- Civil Society Forum on Nature Finance. March 18-19. Queen's University Belfast, NI - 5th All-Island Bioeconomy Summit. May 19. Enfield, Co. Meath- Fair Seas Conference - World Ocean Week. June 3. Cork, Irelandhttps://www.naturalcapitalireland.com/calendar

Happy New Year!

➡️ www.naturalcapitalireland.com/calendar

🚜14 Jan: BioDirect Roundtable on Agriculture
📢15 Jan: Consultation on changes to the fees for environmental judicial reviews
💶18-19 Mar: Civil Society Forum on Nature Finance
🌾19 May: All-Island Bioeconomy Summit
🌊3 Jun: Fair Seas Conference

Celebrating our 10th anniversary. Read Prof. Jane Stout’s retrospective on NCI’s first decade! On our website: www.naturalcapitalireland.com/blog. Bottom image: A group of people at the National Botanic Gardens in front of a bed of tulips.Left image: A group of people at the National Biodiversit Conference.Right image: Two women at the Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research.

As 2025 draws to an end, we invite you to read:

1️⃣ Professor Jane Stout's piece recounting her Natural Capital Ireland experience: www.naturalcapitalireland.com/post/10-year...

2️⃣ Paddy Woodworth's insights on NCI's 10th Anniversary in our newsletter: mailchi.mp/0e991dfaaa98...

Happy Holidays!🎄❄️

In a new blog post, Aparna Nair discusses policy instruments in the context of climate action and natural capital ➡️ www.naturalcapitalireland.com/post/policy-...

On the topic of finance, join the Civil Society Forum on Nature Finance, 18-19 Mar 2026 in Belfast
➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civil-soci...

Food production benefits from & affects natural capital, so we need more inclusive pathways to access finance & farming, even small-scale growing. Thanks to Sarah Prosser and the rest of the BioSEI team for such a wonderful event in Lismore, Co. Waterford!

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Ray reminded us of our duty to be good ancestors & better acknowledge the "untapped resource" of older people's experience ➡️ Local networks are more accessible to older people as hubs of change & food is a doable environmental action to engage more people.

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A woman and older man having a conversation at a table in front of a screen reading "Unleashing social capital of the 3rd age". They are at a Bioregioning South-East Ireland Gathering.

Natural & social capital are deeply related 👥🌳 The importance of human connection in transformative environmental action featured strongly in last Thursday's Bioregioning South East Ireland (BioSEI) Gathering.

One particularly poignant message came from BioSEI Ambassador, Ray McGrath ⬇️ [1/3]🧵

Background image of Cuckooflower in a wildflower meadow. Text: BS ISO 14054:2025 Standard: Natural Capital Accounting for Organisations. DOWNLOAD A FREE EXECUTIVE BRIEFING & JOIN THE WEBINAR ON 27TH JAN 2026. www.bsigroup.com

📢 Big news! ISO 14054:2025 Natural Capital Accounting for Organisations is available now: shop.standards.ie/en-ie/standa...

Download a free BSI Executive Briefing: pages.bsigroup.com/l/35972/2025...

Join an introductory webinar on 27th January at 10 am (GMT): pages.bsigroup.com/BSISO14054_w...

Natural Capital Ireland Events & Consultations Calendar Highlights. www.naturalcapitalireland.com/calendar. - Bioregional Gathering. 26 Nov. Lismore Heritage Centre. Co. Waterford. - Natural Capital: UNESCO Geoparks. 26 & 27 Nov, Doolin, Co. Clare. - SDGs National Stakeholder Forum: SDGs Working Locally. 2 Dec, UCC, Cork - Irish Environmental Network Winter Conference. 7 Dec. Portlaoise. - DAFM Consultation: Principles for Developing Carbon Farming in Ireland.

NCI Calendar Highlights➡️ www.naturalcapitalireland.com/calendar

🚜26 Nov, Co. Waterford: Bioregioning Gathering
🪨26-27 Nov, Co. Clare: Natural Capital & UNESCO Global Geoparks
🖊️30 Nov: Carbon Farming in Ireland
🌍2 Dec, @ucc.ie: SDG Stakeholder Forum
❄️7 Dec: @irishenvnet.bsky.social Winter Conference

A birds-eye view of people sitting around a desk arranging sheets with text in different orders as part of a workshop.

Two women pictured holding up yellow dandelion badges from Project Dandelion. In the background is the room at Queen's University Belfast where people are sitting around roundtables looking at a speaker presenting at the front. The room has portrait paintings lining the walls and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.

A woman smiling for a photo in front of a pull-up banner reading "Queen's University Belfast - shaping a better world since 1845"

Last week, we weaved natural capital into workshops at the Culture & Climate Connections event by NI Arts Council & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social—spotlighting the arts in climate action & enviro. policy. Thanks to Drs. Kim-Marie Spence & Ali FitzGibbon for supporting @projdandelion.bsky.social too!

Irish President Catherine Connolly smiling in a photo of a meeting at the University of Galway to mark SDG Week 2024.

We also extend heartfelt congratulations to @president.ie Catherine Connolly, whom NCI had the pleasure of meeting at our @uniofgalway.bsky.social event on SDG Week 2024. As an Independent TD for Galway West at the time, Connolly joined us in discussing natural capital, education and collaboration 🌍

Former Irish President Michael D. Higgins giving a speech at the 2019 Biodiversity Conference.

At the 2019 Biodiversity Conference, Michael D Higgins said, "If we were coal miners, we would be up to our knees in dead canaries." As former President Higgins moves forward from an inspiring tenure, we are grateful for his advocacy & lovely letter on NCI's 10th Anniversary: tinyurl.com/nhjvahfk

@aicbrn.bsky.social's community is leading the way in research on Ireland's natural capital. In exciting news, they are hiring a Network Manager based at @tcddublin.bsky.social!

⏰ Deadline: 21st Nov
💶 Administrative Officer 3 (€46,874-€58,667 p.a.)
➡️ More info: my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui....

Absolutely! Congratulations on @bizbioirl.bsky.social's contributions at the European Business and Nature Summit too 👏

A man giving a presentation at a conference with the screen reading "Carbon Farming Certification Framework Regulation".

NCI Steering Committee out & about✨Matthew Hornsby of @deptcee.bsky.social spoke about the Carbon Farming Certification Regulation at @teagasc.bsky.social's Farming for a Better Climate Conference this week.

DAFM's consultation on carbon farming in Ireland closes on 30th Nov: tinyurl.com/yzcyf77p.

We also met Dylan Kelly McDonagh, Eco-Sustainability Lead at iSupply. Their pull-up banner prototype with Ulster University uses linen and Living Ink Technologies dye made of an algal waste residue from nutritional supplement production. This can reduce traditional petroleum-based black inks. 🧵3/3

A woman with long brown hair and glasses smiling for a photo wearing a Dandelion Badge. The background image is of her giving a presentation about sustainable fashion and technology.

Mary Fellowes, former Vogue Editor, gave an inspiring talk on technology, health & sustainability in fashion value chains. She was gifted a @projdandelion.bsky.social badge by Deirdre, given the intersection between climate action & gender equality in fashion. 🌻 www.projectdandelion.com/demand 🧵2/3

At last Thursday's BioDirect 2.0 roundtable on textiles, we met innovators tackling health & environmental impacts from fashion. Today on @news.rte.ie, @samanthalibreri.bsky.social wrote, "@rediscoveryctr.bsky.social said consumption of textiles in Ireland is currently double the EU average." 🧵1/3

A man giving a presentation with the screen reading, "Shared Island alternative plant guide" showing an article by Noeleen SMyth about high-risk invasive plants sold in garden centres and trade fairs.

A woman from Business for Biodiversity Ireland shaking hands on stage at a conference. There is a pull-up banner reading "Stop The Spread - Invasive Aquatic Species".

NCI Steering Committee members, Dr Noeleen Smyth & Owen Murphy, were recognised for an article on invasive plants in garden centres & mink eradication in the Breeding Waders EIP, respectively. Emer Ní Dhúill also mentioned natural capital in her talk on CSR's role in invasive species responses 🧵3/3

A breakout group at a workshop putting pink and yellow post-it notes onto an A3 sheet. One column is for knowledge gaps and solutions, and the other for associated challenges to solutions.

Unfortunately, inadequate budgets hinder invasive species management at scale. Environmental damage is also not yet accounted for on balance sheets. Tuesday's breakout groups discussed how monetarily valuing the economic impacts of invasive species could assist policymakers' decision-making. 🧵2/3

Two women standing on a road in front of a red brick building. There is a tightly trimmed ornamental green hedge in front of the building.

NCI enjoyed discovering experts and cross-border projects at the Shared Island Biosecurity and Invasive Species Forum in Belfast this Tue 4th Nov. E.g. the rapid response to Asian Hornets, need for a Shared Island Risk Analysis Framework, and an implementation roadmap for coordinated responses 🧵1/3

Natural Capital Ireland logo of an acorn. Events & Consultations - Calendar Highlights. 1. Culture File Debate: The Hare's Corner, 8 Nov, Botanic Gardens, Dublin. 2. Pond Creation & Water Management, 8 Nov, Loughrea, Co. Galway. 3. Farming for a Better Climate: Practical & Emerging Solutions, 11 Nov, Tullamore. 4. Bioregional Gathering, 26 Nov, Lismore Heritage Centre, Co. Waterford. www.naturalcapitalireland.com/calendar

Time for a Natural Capital Ireland calendar round-up!
📆 www.naturalcapitalireland.com/calendar

Highlights:
📖@dublinbookfest.bsky.social Culture File Debate: The Hare's Corner
💧Pond Creation with Féidhlim Harty
🚜Farming for a Better Climate Conference
🧶Bioregioning South-East Ireland Gathering

A graphic illustration by leahdesign.ie of presentations from the Heritage Ireland Summit in Trinity College on 29th October 2025. There are banners in the background reading, "Heritage Ireland 2030 - Government of Ireland"

A woman giving a presentation at Trinity College Dublin with a pull-up banner behind her reading, "Heritage Ireland 2030". The screen has a slide with the NPWS logo and children doing art activities about native woodlands.

A woman and two men smiling for a photo in front of a banner reading, "Natural Capital Ireland"

At today's Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit, we enjoyed meeting archaeological & built heritage experts, plus Niall Ó Donnchú, Niamh Farren & Dr Andy Bleasdale of @npwsireland.bsky.social. On NPWS's youth outreach, Clare Bromley said, "Nature interpretation is about provoking people to feel & to think"💭

A group of people sitting on hay bales in front of a scarecrow at the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. The greenhouse is visible in the background and there is a pull-up banner which reads "Central Statistics Office - Ecosystem Accounts Stakeholder Forum - Thursday 16 October 2025, National Botanic Gardens Dublin".

A ban with grey hair and glasses smiling for a photo at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin. His name tag reads "Colin Kelleher".

Metal sculpture of a metal face facing an oak leaf, surrounded by a stone frame.

The @csoireland.bsky.social Ecosystem Accounts Stakeholder Forum met on 16th Oct in the autumnal National Botanic Gardens 🍂 We discussed Ireland's ecosystem accounts, where natural capital plays a crucial role. Pictured below are the CSO team and Colin Kelleher—the keeper of the national herbarium!

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Man speaks at podium with screen to his left reading Kildare Biodiversity Conference, Kildare Wildlife Rescue logo is in the podium

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A great day devoted to Ireland’s native wildlife at Kildare #Biodiversity Conference🦊
Thanks to Kildare Wildlife Rescue for inviting BFBI’s Dr Maria Fitzpatrick to speak about our work supporting Irish business action #ForNature - with Rachel Heydon, NBDC,Pearse Stokes,Cathaoirlach Carmel Kelly, KCC