News
Lough Corrib to welcome the new Lagarosiphon major weed cutting boat.
The Central Fisheries Board, in cooperation with the Western Regional Fisheries Board and National Parks and Wildlife Service, are delighted to announce that the long awaited Lagarosiphon major weed cutting boat is to arrive on Lough Corrib on Tuesday 1st of April 2008. Click here to read more.
Second Annual Invasive Species in Ireland Forum
The 2nd annual Invasive Species in Ireland Forum was held on 12th March 2008 at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Glasnevin. Thanks to all who attended this event. The Forum Proceedings are now available to download by following the links below.
Click here to download the Proceedings of the 2008 Forum.
Click here to go to the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland website.
Click here to access the 2007 and 2008 proceedings and presentations.
Best Practice Management Guidance Documents now available
Best Practice Management Guidance Documents are now available to download from this website. Guidance documents are available for Japanese knotweed, Rhododendron and Cherry Laurel, Himalayan balsam and Giant Hogweed, all of which are widespread across Ireland. Aimed at private citizens and governement agencies, the documents give site managers/owners the information needed to successfully and methodically manage/eradicate these high impact invasive alien species.
Online questionnaire on invasive riparian plant species in Europe
CABI E-UK is conducting a web-based questionnaire on invasive riparian plant species in Europe. As part of this CABI E-UK has designed a questionnaire for the island of Ireland specifically aimed at land managers, regional government departments and organisations which come into contact with, and/or deal with the control of invasive riparian plants. The questionnaire contains 41 questions on the presence, extent, control, impact and costs of invasive riparian weeds on such sites and takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Click here to take the survey.
The data collected from this survey will be used solely for research purposes and a summary of the data collected will be made available via the CABI web site www.cabi.org towards the end of 2008. For more information on CABI please see their website www.cabi.org
