Research Matters

A blog from the Northern Ireland Assembly Research and Information Service

Research Matters

Research Matters

Agriculture and Environment Blog Archive

Here you will find an archive of Agriculture & Environment Blog articles published before 1 May 2022, divided into their relevant categories.

Agriculture

Energy

Environment

A clear and present danger: Plant disease and invasive species

September 19, 2016

The plant disease and invasive species threat posed to the environment in Northern Ireland is increasing, and likely to continue to do so due to factors such as increasing…

Managing Flood risk in Northern Ireland: Are we prepared?

September 9, 2016

Prolonged heavy rainfall over the winter of 2015 has shown how devastating flooding can be to homes, businesses and critical infrastructure. With predictions that localised flooding will become an…

Climate change: picking up where we left off

August 31, 2016

At the beginning of the last Assembly mandate in 2011, the Research and Information Service wrote a piece on the possibility of new legislation for Northern Ireland, ‘Climate Change:…

Fisheries

Rural Affairs