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In the impact investing world, most of the attention has been on the social side. But fact is theres a lot going on in the environmental part of the equation.

Thats why a group of organizations, including The Nature Conservancy Nature Conservancys impact investing division NatureVest and EKO Asset Management Partners, together with JP Morgan Chase Chase, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, decided to study whats happening in the area. The 60 or so players who responded to their survey reported $23.4 billion was invested from 2009 to 2013.

Even practitioners dont have an overview of the field or the different ways other people are going about it, says Ricardo Bayon of EKO Asset Management.

The findings: Theres a significant amount of money out there for these investments, but not enough places to deploy it. (I recently wrote about a report that found impact investors cite a a lack of appropriate social enterprises to fund).

Called Investing in Conservation, the report focuses not so much on solar energy and other forms of clean tech, but, as the title suggests, on what the authors calls conservation impact investing. We wanted to fill in the gaps, says Bayon.

To that end, the report surveyed about 1,300 transactions from 2004 to 2013 in three areas: sustainable food and fiber, habitat conservation and water quality and quantity. (It defines conservation investments as those intended to return principal or generate profit while also driving a positive impact on natural resources and ecosystemsspecifically, decreased pressure on a critical ecological resource and/or the preservation or enhancement of critical habitat).

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As people pack away their garden furniture and equipment for another year, police officers in Conwy and Denbigh rural are urging residents to ensure they secure their sheds.

Having a good quality locks fitted and regularly checking all outbuildings to ensure they remain secure are just two of the reminders that are being issued to residents.

Generally people will use their garden sheds to store a range of items including lawn mowers, strimmers, tools and sometime bikes - goods which collectively are worth a considerable amount of money, said District Inspector Gareth Jones. As winter approaches, its important to make sure they remain secure.

Check the buildings regularly and remember to security mark all valuable items. Should you become a victim of burglary it will be harder for the offender to pass or sell on your goods if they are security marked. You will stand a better chance of being re-united with your property.

While the need to tend gardens generally decreases as winter approaches, the changes in season can often make no difference to the opportunist thief who will look to steal anything of value particularly items that are easily portable.

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Local councillor Tom Fortune said nobody would argue against the jobs element but the location of the schools and McDonalds should not be together. Photograph: Bryan OBrien

Greystones residents are set for another clash with fast food outlet McDonalds over the location of a proposed drive-through for the town.

Last year a planning application from McDonalds Restaurants of Ireland for a 368sq m restaurant and drive-through with a 59sq m enclosed yard in Blacklion, to be located beside three local schools, was approved by Wicklow County Council.

The development was turned down by An Bord Pleanla, which cited design issues and the proper planning and development of Blacklion.

Now McDonalds Restaurants of Ireland has come back with a revised proposal incorporating a cafe, fitness studio and an expanded drive-through restaurant that, taken together, amount to some three times the size of the rejected proposal.

The development, located beside the Blacklion shopping centre, is served by a road running from a junction on the Greystones to Bray Road.

Also opening from this road and located opposite the proposed McDonalds are three schools. Two of these, a Gaelscoil and an Educate Together school, are primary schools, while the third, a second-level school, is currently under construction.

Competing views on the suitability of the site for a McDonalds given the proximity of the schools have been expressed on Facebook, with some suggesting there could be as many as 80 jobs involved in the development.

However, a number of politicians and parents of children attending the schools are opposed to the development. Local councillor Tom Fortune said nobody would argue against the jobs element but the location of the schools and McDonalds should not be together.

Attempts to contact McDonalds Restaurants of Ireland were not successful.

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