Newsletter archive

Our newsletters are all available below—they are a monthly log of policy updates, new publications, industry job vacancies, new tools related to natural capital accounting or other means of valuing nature, updates on Irish projects, and events (some of these will be outdated, but conference reports or videos are often available).

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2024

OCTOBER

Our organisation is now seeking nominations for election to the NCI Steering Committee

SEPTEMBER

NCI hosted a meet-up in Galway for SDG Week for those interested in learning more about the natural capital approach and an exchange of ideas on nature restoration and collaboration

AUGUST

Natural Capital Ireland will host a stand at the annual Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit

JUNE/JULY

Insights from the Natural Capital Symposium and welcoming a new NCI Director, Martina Von Richter

MAY

NCI is delighted to announce the appointment of Deirdre Lane, founder of ShamrockSpring, as our new Executive Coordinator.

APRIL

NCI has teamed up with Green Foundation Ireland for a free in-person event in Dublin for Biodiversity Week - 'Biodiversity in Everyday Decision-making - a Natural Capital approach'

MARCH

NCI is taking part in the NESC event - 'Making Nature Visible: What Can Natural Capital Accounting Do For Us?'

FEBRUARY

The National Economic and Social Council is hosting an in-person event to discuss natural capital accounting in Ireland in the wake of new report, 'Natural Capital Accounting: A Guide For Action'. .

JANUARY

The National Biodiversity Action Plan 2023-2030 is published, as well as the NCI-facilitated NESC report on Natural Capital in Ireland.

2023

DECEMBER

Seasons Greetings from Natural Capital Ireland🎄

NOVEMBER

The INCASE project final report was launched - well done to the INCASE team for all their hard work on this long-running project, NCI hosted a briefing event at Trinity.

OCTOBER

NCI had a busy autumn with visits to Leinster House to talk funding for biodiversity action and hosted a stand at the Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit.

SEPTEMBER

NCI issued a pre-Budget statement to the Government recommending that a natural capital approach be used to ensure nature is prioritised at policy level across sectors

AUGUST

Our colleagues at IDEEA Group are 'decluttering the natural capital space, take the Peat Hub Ireland survey, with plenty of events for Hedgerow Week coming up.

JULY

NCI joins the Steering Group for Waterways Ireland as they incorporate the natural capital approach into their Strategic Plan, open for consultation, & new SEEA paper.

JUNE

Nature’s Frontiers Report: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency and Prosperity with Natural Capital is launched by The World Bank, and Nature Restoration Law goes up for vote.

MAY

Read our Annual Report presented at the NCI AGM. This month, our team took part in a CSO stakeholder event on Ecosystem Accounting, with more news on our blog.

APRIL

NCI issued a Strategy Survey to subscribers and our INCASE ecologist Dr Catherine Farrell gave a taste of our project findings at the EU Waters of Life networking event.

MARCH

NCI executive coordinator Iseult Sheehy gave a presentation to an international audience at Stanford, USA, for Natural Capital Project and a new ForES project video.

FEBRUARY

The Board of NCI invited tender submissions to prepare a Strategic Plan for our organisation and we submitted to the Voluntary National Review on the SDGs.

JANUARY

We welcomed our new Steering Committee and shared Business For Biodiversity Ireland lead Lucy Gaffney's key takeaways from the Cop15 global biodiversity summit.

2022

DECEMBER

2022 was a busy year for nature - a look back at the many exciting NCI projects we have undertaken.

NOVEMBER

Voting is under way for the NCI steering committee election and Business For Biodiversity Ireland lead Lucy Gaffney addressed the Citizens assembly on Biodiversity Loss.

OCTOBER

NCI hosted a stand at the Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit in Trinity College Dublin and Business For Biodiversity Ireland co-hosted the European Business & Nature Summit in Brussels.

SEPTEMBER