Tag Archives: Ireland

IPCC Celebrating the Importance of Peat to Ireland and the World

PRESS RELEASE 17th May 2012 With the onset of National Biodiversity Week imminent the Irish Peatland Conservation Council has launched an information and awareness campaign celebrating the importance of peat to Ireland and the World. The campaign is targeted at … Continue reading

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IPCC says Get Tough on Turf Cutting Minister

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Uptake 10th April 2012. The Irish Peatland Conservation Council are calling on Minister Jimmy Deenihan of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to get tough on those responsible for illegally cutting turf from raised … Continue reading

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Events 2024

IPCC offer citizen science skill-sharing days throughout the year E-mail bogs@ipcc.ie to be added to the volunteer contact list where you will receive an email for all skill-sharing days and volunteer events and opportunities.  Irish Peatland Conservation Council Wildlife Watching, … Continue reading

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IPCC Celebrates 30 years Saving Bogs 1982-2012 – Be Part of the Action, Join an Event

PRESS RELEASE: 6th February 2012.  At the beginning of the 1980’s there was little talk of the conservation of peatlands of Ireland.  However in 1982 this was all to change.  Following a debate on the future of Irish bogs in University … Continue reading

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Hop To It – Join the 2012 Irish Frog Watch

Press Release: 30th January 2012. To mark World Wetlands Day on the 2nd February the Irish Peatland Conservation Council are launching their annual ‘Hop To It Frog Survey’.  The survey of the Common Frog (Rana temporaria) is looking for information … Continue reading

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