This week I began my results. This project is primarily based on interviews and surveys. Because of this, the results of my project will mostly contain answers from interviews and surveys. The answers given by James Moran will be used as results. As well as his answers to direct questions, quotes will also be used …
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June week 2
This week, I travelled to GMIT to meet James Moran. James had previously worked on numerous environmental schemes such as GLAS, REPS, RBAPS and the Burren Project. This meant he had experience on both action-based and results-based schemes. Before starting the interview with James, we went through my survey which I had prepared for the …
June week 1
This week was spent mostly contacting potential interviewees. As my project is primarily based on interviews, this was very important to get organised. I contacted Brendan Dunford, leader of Burren Programme, and Una Fitzpatrick and Jane Stout. All three have a background focused on biodiversity in Ireland. These interviews will hopefully give me an insight …
Week 3
During week 3, I carried out research on the current agri schemes that we have here in Ireland. I began looking at the CAP reform and how this put a greater focus on biodiversity and farmland conservation. I also visited a family farm and had a brief discussion with the head farmer to see what …
Week 2
This week I began my research into past schemes and how they have been designed. I read a detailed review on REPS regarding their success and failures. Many of their failures could be directly linked to the design on their schemes. This gave an interesting look into how the design of a scheme has a …
Week 1
This week gave me time to become familiar with my project. My thesis will be based around policies regarding conversational farming. To understand the importance of these policies, I began researching the need for biodiversity and how we have lost so much of it already, at both a global and national scale. Biodiversity provides ‘ecosystem …
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