Events

Feb
8
Thu
2018
Whittled Away – Talk by Padraig Fogarty @ Banagher Library
Feb 8 @ 6:30 pm

Author and IWT Campaigns Officer Pádraic Fogarty will be talking about his book – Whittled Away – and Ireland’s vanishing nature at Banagher Library.

Nov
6
Tue
2018
Dublin: Close to Nature Forest Management – the ProSilva approach
Nov 6 @ 7:00 pm
Dublin: Close to Nature Forest Management - the ProSilva approach

Close to Nature Forest Management – the ProSilva approach

7pm, 6th November, J.W. Sweetman’s Pub, Burgh Quay Dublin 2

 

This talk will be given by Faith Wilson who is a practising ecologist and a committee member of ProSilva Ireland.  ProSilva Ireland is an All Ireland organisation, which aims to develop and promote the ProSilva Principles in Irish forestry which, through a diversification of age and species structures allow for the full development of the forests ecological role and the simultaneous economic production of high quality forest products.    ProSilva Ireland promotes knowledge and practical examples of continuous cover forestry management in woodlands across Ireland through field days and study trips to the continent.   Continuous cover forestry management is a forest management system where forest managers and owners work hand in hand with the natural processes and dynamics that occur in forests to the benefit of the forest owner, the environment and society in general. ProSilva members believe that forests provide four categories of benefit to society. These are:
  1. production of timber and other products
  2. protection of soil and climate
  3. maintenance of ecosystems
  4. recreation, amenity, and cultural aspects
Over the last century, Ireland has developed a forest industry based principally around plantation forests. These forests have been grown as agricultural crops on a rotation system (typically forty years followed by clearfell and replanting). The ProSilva approach is to find ways of transforming these plantation forests to permanent forests of mixed species and age classes.
Jan
11
Tue
2022
IWT Webinar: Sharks in Irish waters
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm

This webinar is a talk about the surprising diversity of sharks in our oceans and what needs to be done to better protect them.

Jan
12
Wed
2022
IWT Outing January 2022 – Dublin Branch
Jan 12 @ 10:30 am
IWT Outing January 2022 - Dublin Branch

IWT Outing January 2022 – Bull Island Bird Watching

Hosted by IWT Dublin Branch.

Join IWT Dublin Branch for bird watching at Bull Island this January. Our guide will be the excellent John Fox and there will be lots of wintering birds to see. We are meeting on the causeway. If coming from town, take the Clontarf Road (R807), pass St Anne’s Park (on the left) and at the Tree Sculpture turn right onto Causeway Road. After a few hundred metres you will see us gathering on the left hand side of the road. Bring your binoculars and remember to dress warmly!

Please wear appropriate foot wear and clothing. All Are Welcome to join us on the day. For more details please feel free to contact dublinbranch@iwt.ie

Feb
8
Tue
2022
IWT Webinar: Rewilding! @ Online event
Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
IWT Webinar: Rewilding! @ Online event

This webinar will look at the meaning of rewilding, its scientific underpinning and how it can be used to address the biodiversity crisis

Registration is free on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PwfcZ1PvSbuFPIuFcVnsRA

 

Feb
27
Sun
2022
IWT Outing February 2022 – Dublin Branch
Feb 27 @ 11:30 am
IWT Outing February 2022 - Dublin Branch

IWT Outing February 2022

Grand Canal Biodiversity Walk, Dolphins Barn

Hosted by IWT Dublin Branch.

Now that covid restrictions are finally easing, IWT Dublin Branch are resuming our monthly outings. Our first outing will be a Biodiversity Walk along the Grand Canal in Dolphin’s Barn, led by Larry Gordon of the Grand Canal Biodiversity and clean-up Group. The walk will last about 1½ hours

Meet at Dolphin’s Barn at 11:30am.

Please wear appropriate foot wear and clothing. All Are Welcome to join us on the day. For more details please feel free to contact dublinbranch@iwt.ie

Mar
9
Wed
2022
Webinar: The Water Framework Directive an overview
Mar 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description: The Water Framework Directive is the most important piece of legislation in Ireland for achieving good status for all of our water bodies – that includes rivers, lakes and coastal waters. A public consultation on the forthcoming River Basin Management Plan is underway and to highlight the importance of the WFD the Irish Wildlife Trust is holding a series of lunchtime (1-2pm) webinars in association with our colleagues in the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN).

Mar
16
Wed
2022
Webinar: The Water Framework Directive physical modifications of rivers
Mar 16 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Description: The Water Framework Directive is the most important piece of legislation in Ireland for achieving good status for all of our water bodies – that includes rivers, lakes and coastal waters. A public consultation on the forthcoming River Basin Management Plan is underway and to highlight the importance of the WFD the Irish Wildlife Trust is holding a series of lunchtime (1-2pm) webinars in association with our colleagues in the Sustainable Water Network (SWAN).

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jAo3mO35QRamvYaoajCs8w