‘There are two main reasons for burning land. Both involve cold hard cash’

Game Changers: This year hillsides in west Cork and Kerry blazed again, to the exhaustion of firefighters and the despair of wildlife lovers

From March 1st it became illegal to burn or cut hedgerows and scrub as the annual moratorium to protect nesting birds began. Photograph: Dan GriffinTo a non-farmer it’s hard to see the sense in setting fire to land. Put aside the loss of wildlife, danger of burning down human homes, the pollution and disastrous carbon emissions from burning peatland, why would you set fire to your asset? The Irish Wildlife Trust did ainto land burning and found lots of rules but very little implementation.

There are two main reasons for burning, and both involve cold hard cash. Torching a gorse-laden hill is cheap . And here’s the head melt: the taxpayer funded farm payments system incentivised it. But now that game has changed. And everyone can benefit.

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