Wicklow Uplands Council Leads The Way With Innovative SUAS Project

Wicklow Uplands Council Leads The Way With Innovative SUAS Project

Wicklow Uplands Council have recently being informed that they are one of 12 successful groups chosen from across Ireland under the new European Innovations Partnership (EIP) initiative. The initiative which is being operated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine sees a possible €11m in funding being made available nationwide.

Having come through what has been described as a hugely competitive process by Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, Wicklow Uplands Council was notified recently that their project “Sustainable Uplands Agriculture-environment Scheme (SUAS)” had successfully made it through the two stage application process.

The announcement follows several years of extensive study of upland vegetation management, the decline in farming activities and the impact it was having on these environmentally significant habitats. The SUAS pilot project aims to use innovative means to address these issues.

Further details on the SUAS project will be announced in the coming weeks following consultations with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regular updates featuring here on www.wicklowuplands.ie