Best Practice Approaches to Financing the Forestry Transition
Afforestation provides important environmental benefits, but current policies and market structures, like the Common Agricultural Policy, favor agriculture, limiting forestry expansion. An expert stakeholder analysis shows that while stakeholders value native afforestation’s environmental benefits, financial barriers hinder its growth. To address this, innovative financial tools and management strategies are needed to make the shift from agriculture to native forestry economically viable for landowners.
Designing Circular Biomethane Markets in Industrial Agriculture
Ireland’s dairy sector must cut emissions and nutrient pollution while maintaining output. Biorefining, particularly anaerobic digestion (AD), offers a solution by producing biomethane and nutrient-rich digestate. This best practice guide synthesises findings from a three-round modified Delphi study involving 61 stakeholders from dairy processing, finance, academia and public policy, identifying the structural enablers of a functional circular biomethane market.
