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Press Release: Offshore Wind Position for Ireland
Coastwatch has developed a 5 point Coastwatch Offshore Wind Energy Policy Position summarised below. This is our broad position to cover the current government and industry activities to have 5GW of OWE connected to the Irish grid by 2030. It is an open document subject to revision as this is a rapidly development field. ‘We […]
Continue readingFirst 2022 Autumn Survey Results Launch
The launch of the 1st results of our Autumn Survey 2022 took place on Monday 5th December at the Simon Perry Building Trinity College Dublin. The event included a general overview from the data as well as noteworthy results. There was a special focus on biodiversity, tackling water quality issues and a seagrass update. [Download […]
Continue readingJoin the Coastwatch Autumn Survey 2022
Join the Coastwatch citizen scientist autumn shore survey 2022 for the island of Ireland to make this a bumper year. All the materials and information are available at www.coastwatch.org/europe/survey. Download the Coastwatch Survey poster The annual survey started in 1987 with the Irish Times as a pull out survey page is now largely on line […]
Continue readingJoin us to celebrate our sea on World Oceans Day!
Coastwatchers and friends who aren’t yet… Join us to celebrate our sea on World Oceans Day! Catch it at dawn before 5 am, any time of day or as the evening sets around 10 pm. If you are going, could you also bring something back? We are looking for information on how a feature you […]
Continue readingInvite to Seagrass and Climate Change event
Coastwatchers keep the date: June 29th 2022 from 10 a.m. til 2 p.m. in Trinity College Dublin. We are delighted that Eamon Ryan TD Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications will launch our seagrass campaign 2021 results and spring 2022 updates in context of Climate change. Agenda with workshop and registration form to follow.
Continue readingWorld Wetlands Day & Seagrass Workshop videos
We are pleased to share the videos from the World Wetlands Day & Seagrass Workshop, held on February 2nd, where international speakers will presented the latest biodiversity and climate change research and policy, providing the frame to explore next steps for locating, protecting and restoring seagrass. During the event, Coastwathers also presented their case studies […]
Continue readingCoastwatch Autumn Shore Survey 2021 results launched by Minister Darragh O Brien TD
Today 27th December 2021 an overview of Coastwatch citizen scientist autumn shore survey results from 710 sites around Ireland are being launched by Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Mr. Darragh O’ Brien T.D. The minister had braved the winter weather on the Malahide shore a few days earlier for a first meeting with […]
Continue readingMeeting with Minister Darragh O Brien TD on the Malahide Estuary
On Friday 17th December 2021 a Coastwatch delegation met Minister Darragh O Brien in the Malahide estuary. This was to give the Minister a preview of the Coastwatch autumn survey 2021 ‘high and low lights’ and consider some of the key asks the group had agreed in a seagrass workshop 2 days earlier. Please, read […]
Continue readingSurvey 2020 Biodiversity Results with Urban and MSP focus
Please join us on Saturday 27th March from 5–6.30pm for the Coastwatch Survey 2020 Biodiversity Results with Urban and Marine Spatial Planning Focus for the island of Ireland. JOIN ZOOM MEETING – Sat 5pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82448327448?pwd=dysrWHNFc2FGOU12YVdyOTNzbDdydz09 Meeting ID: 824 4832 7448 Passcode: 817211 One tap mobile +35312408941,,82448327448#,,,,*817211# Ireland AGENDA 4.50pm: Zoom opens 5.00pm: Welcome all […]
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