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Assessing the Impact of Pollen-mediated Gene Flow from GM Herbicide Tolerant Brassica Napus into Common Wild Relatives in Ireland

Collier, Marcus ; Mullins, Ewen (Royal Irish Academy, 2012-11)

Although now we have had many years of research completed on assessing the potential environmental impact of GM crops, concern remains over their potential impact on biodiversity in the rural landscape. In particular, ...
Book reviews: Drafting a Conservation Blueprint: A Practitioners Guide to Planning for Biodiversity. Craig R. Groves

Collier, Marcus (Routledge, 2007-06)
The CINMa index: assessing the potential impact of GM crop management across a heterogeneous landscape

Collier, Marcus ; Mullins, Ewen (EDP Sciences and the ISBR (International Society for Biosafety Research), 2010-07-05)

While significant progress has been made on the modification of crops for the benefit of producers, the same cannot be said in regards to eliciting the potential impact that these crops may have on the wider landscape and ...
Conflicting rationalities, knowledge and values in scarred landscapes

Collier, Marcus ; Scott, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2009-07)

Incorporating public or local preferences in landscape planning is often discussed with respect to the difficulties associated with accurate representation, stimulating interest and overcoming barriers to participation. ...
Developing a field boundary evaluation and grading system in Ireland

Collier, Marcus ; Feehan, John (Faculty of Agriculture, UCD in association with Teagasc, 2003-09)

The purpose of the study reported here was to develop an evaluation and grading system for the main field boundaries in Ireland – hedgerows and dry stone walls. There is currently a lack of scientific information on Irish ...
Dublin City Environmental Directory 2004

Collier, Marcus ; Dublin City Community Forum. Environmental Focus Group (Dublin City Council, 2004-01)

An essential and easy to use directory of groups that are involved in environmental activities in Dublin City in 2004
The Environmental Impact of Planting Broadleaved Trees on Acid-Sensitive Soils : literature review

Collier, Marcus ; Farrell, E. P. (COFORD, National Council for Forest Research and Development, 2007-07)
Evaluating the Ecological Impacts of Cultivating Genetically Modified Herbicide Tolerant (GMHT) Oilseed Rape and Maize: (2007-B-DS-1-S1) STRIVE Report

Mullins, Ewen ; Collier, Marcus (Environmental Protection Agency, 2011-06)

This report is published as part of the Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) Programme 2007–2013.
Farmland birds and the field boundary evaluation and grading system in Ireland.

McMahon, Barry J. ; Whelan, John ; Kirwan, Laura ; Collier, Marcus (Faculty of Agriculture, UCD in association with Teagasc, 2005-07)

Field boundaries are important habitats for birds within the agricultural landscape. In this study, bird surveys were carried out during the winter and breeding season on nine farms in the east and south-east of Ireland ...
Field boundary stone walls as exemplars of 'novel' ecosystems

Collier, Marcus (2013)

In some parts of Europe, stone wall field boundaries pervade agricultural landscapes, yet despite their prominence there has been very little research into field boundary walls anywhere. However, these anthropogenic ...
Focus group discourses in a mined landscape

Collier, Marcus ; Scott, Mark J. (Elsevier, 2010-04)

Focus group research is rarely used for examining environmental discourses other than when conflict arises. This study looks at local citizen perceptions in relation to mined (or 'cutaway') industrial peatland landscapes ...
Incorporating socio-economic factors into restoration: implications from industrially harvested peatlands

Collier, Marcus (2011-09)

In establishing effective restoration goals, one of the four key issues of increased attention that Hobbs calls for is in the area of incorporating socio-economic investigations and theories into restoration practice in a ...
Industrially harvested peatlands and after-use potential: Understanding local stakeholder narratives and landscape preferences

Collier, Marcus ; Scott, Mark J. (Routledge, 2008-08)

Recent years have witnessed much debate on the turn towards community within landscape management and planning. This is particularly evident in the European Landscape Convention which asserts the legitimacy of local ...
Peatlands, their public good value and priorities for their future management - the example of Ireland

Bullock, Craig ; Collier, Marcus ; Convery, Frank J. (Elsevier, 2012-10)

The threat of climate change has focused attention on those environments with high capacity for carbon storage. Peatlands are one such environment in that they both sequester CO2 from the atmosphere and are also a major ...
Potential for longevity of novel genetically modified herbicide-tolerant traits in the Irish landscape

Collier, Marcus ; Mullins, Ewen (Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2013-03-15)

With the renewed interest in GM crop technology in Ireland, some concern has been raised in relation to the potential impact on biodiversity in the Irish agri-environment. This concern can focus on the potential for a ...
Predicting the Impact of Coexistence-Guided, Genetically Modified Cropping on Irish Biodiversity: (2006-B-MS-46) STRIVE Report

Mullins, Ewen ; Collier, Marcus ; O'Brien, Martin ; Meade, Conor ; Spillane, Charlie (Environmental Protection Agency, 2009-11)

This report is published as part of the Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for the Environment (STRIVE) Programme 2007–2013.
Transitioning to resilience and sustainability in urban communities

Collier, Marcus ; Nedović-Budić, Zorica ; Aerts, Jeroen ; Connop, Stuart ; Foley, Dermot ; Foley, Karen ; Newport, Darryl ; McQuaid, Siobhán ; Slaev, Aleksander ; Verburg, Peter (Elsevier, 2013-04-23)

Adapting to the challenges of rapid urban growth and societal change will require mechanisms for efficient transitioning to an embedded resilience. This has become central to the exploration of methods for achieving truly ...
When the public good conflicts with an apparent preference for unsustainable behaviour

Bullock, Craig ; Collier, Marcus (Elsevier, 2011-03-15)

The example of peatlands is used to demonstrate the challenges facing the sustainable management of natural resources in situations where the fragility of an environment is not appreciated by all stakeholders. We reveal, ...