Eco Eye

Native Woodlands, Landfills, Transboundary River Basins (5x7)

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Native Woodlands Duncan meets with members of the Forest Service to find out more about the Native Woodland Scheme. Developed by the Forest Service, the scheme provides support to landowners to protect and enhance existing native woodlands and also to establish new native woodlands. Landfills Currently almost all of our waste in Ireland ends up being sent to a landfill. Landfills are not designed to break down waste they simply just bury it. Modern landfills however are doing a lot more to protect the local environment than older dumps would have in the past. Duncan checks out two of Dublin's biggest landfills, Balleally and Dunsink, and he discovers what happens to our rubbish after it's buried. Dunsink landfill has entered a remediation and restoration phase, so Duncan takes a look at the type of work that goes on at a landfill when it closes, and its prospects for the future. Transboundary River Basins On our island of Ireland we have many shared river basins across the border between North and South. When it comes to looking after these river basins the Environment Heritage (EHS) in the North and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the South work together to monitor the rivers. Duncan travels north and south of the country to observe the work that is being carried out. He takes a boat trip on Lough Erne and chats with the Warden on how this particular area is taken care of. Duncan also investigates an oil spill incident in a shared river basin and talks to Deirdre and Michael Spillane from the EHS as they inspect the incident.