In this episode we hear from Paul O’Callaghan and Mike O’Connor about the impact of farming and climate change on our water systems, catchment science, how agroforestry could provide solutions to improve water quality and drainage and how trees can benefit the ecosystem in and around our water bodies.
Episode host:
Ray Ó Foghlú
Episode guests:
Paul O’Callaghan
Mike O’Connor
Resources:
Local Authority Waters Programme
Duhallow Farming for Blue Dot Catchments - Booklet of Measures
Duhallow Farming for Blue Dot Catchments EIP DEMO Farms
The battle for phosphorus is intensifying - University of Southern Denmark
LA Waters - Citizen Science Stream Index
Farming for Water European Innovation Partnership
Climate Resilient Reforestation Pilot Scheme
This podcast is produced by the Irish Agroforestry Forum and funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Forestry Promotion Fund.
Our hosts are Catherine Cleary and Ray Ó Foghlú, with design and production by Karishma Kusurkar from The Curated Pod and the project lead is Maureen Kilgore, Manager of the Irish Agroforestry Forum.