Biodiversity worth Euro 2.6bn to Ireland
A new study investigating the social and economic aspects of biodiversity in Ireland has estimated it brings in billions of Euros every year. The report was announced by the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley, and was produced by a consortium led by Dr Craig Bullock of Optimize Consulting. It considered a number of key sectors including agriculture, forestry, infrastructure development, human health and climate change. The authors estimated that biodiversity in Ireland has a value of at least Euro 2.6bn per year.