Biodiversity both is all life on earth and supports all life on earth; as humans we depend on biodiversity for clean air and water, healthy soils, food, building materials, and medicines.
Because of this, the conservation of biodiversity and natural heritage is an integral part of good environmental management and essential to continued survival of human beings on Earth.
It is important that we all do our best to try to conserve biodiversity and give it a helping hand where we can. 
This is Bord na Móna’s outlook and we are investing in biodiversity as part of our day to day work. A sound knowledge base is necessary in identifying the key areas that will have to be developed for biodiversity to allow for wise planning of the Bord na Móna bogs as peat production is phased out.
While industrial peat production will continue for a number of years, it is essential that we begin to plan now for the future.
Bord na Móna undertakes its activities cognisant of the natural environment and manages all of its peat production bogs according to best practice under Integrated Pollution Prevention Control Licenses issued and regulated by the EPA . 
Once peat production ceases (currently active on up to 65,000ha of bog) the former peat production areas are termed cutaway bog. It is the cutaway bogs that will largely dominate the Bord na Móna bogs into the future as peat production is phased out and, as part of rehabilitation of those cutaway bogs under the watchful eye of the EPA, new landscapes will emerge over time to complement the existing natural peatland habitat networks.
Biodiversity Action Plan and Review
On November 4th, 2010 we launched our Biodiversity Action Plan which sets out a number of objectives which will allow us to carry out our work to the highest standards, and to achieve the best results. You can now download the Biodiversity Action Plan pdf
In early November 2011, we hosted a review day of our Biodiversity Action Plan. The presentations from that review are available here:
Biodiversity Action Plan Review Catherine Farrell (PDF – 3MB)
Baseline Ecology Survey of Bord na Móna’s Bogs – Mark McCorry (PDF – 5MB)
Rehabilitation Trials and Communication – David Fallon (PDF -6MB)