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James Orr

James is The Green New's Biodiversity Reporter and a wildlife and landscape photographer based in Dublin. James has a BA in Zoology from TCD.
Opinion

Is Wild Nephin losing its wild side?

September 4th, 2018 Wild Nephin in North Mayo became Ireland’s first official wilderness zone in 2013 when Coillte, the semi-state forestry company, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) agreed to begin a long-term rewilding project. Five years on and Wild Nephin has been the subject of much controversy. Read more…

By James Orr, 5 yearsSeptember 4, 2018 ago
The Noble False Widow spider, which has colonised much of Ireland. Photo: NUI Galway
Biodiversity

Noble False Widow Spider found feeding on protected native lizard

July 27th, 2018 A paper published this week by Irish researchers has revealed that an invasive alien spider poses a significant threat to Ireland’s only native terrestrial reptile. The first record of a Nobel False Widow spider feeding on the viviparous lizard in Ireland has been published in the Proceedings Read more…

By James Orr, 5 yearsJuly 27, 2018 ago
Biodiversity

The Wild Nephin wilderness: the story so far and fears for the future

December 14th, 2017 It was announced earlier this month that the Wild Nephin wilderness area in Co Mayo is set to be incorporated into Ballycroy National Park. The swallowing up of 4,600 hectares of Coillte-owned land currently included in the Wild Nephin will expand the National Parks and Wildlife Service-owned Read more…

By James Orr, 5 yearsDecember 14, 2017 ago
Biodiversity

Investigation: Ireland’s first ever wilderness zone under threat from commercial forestry

December 14th, 2017 Coillte has planted over 260,000 non-native conifer trees in Ireland’s first official wilderness zone over the past four years despite agreeing to phase out commercial forestry in the area in 2013. A plan to phase out planting was agreed in a 2013 Memorandum of Understanding to establish Read more…

By James Orr, 5 yearsDecember 14, 2017 ago
Biodiversity

Action needed to meet national and international conservation targets, new report finds

December 6th, 2017 More action is needed if Ireland is to meet its national, European and international conservation targets, the latest National Biodiversity Indicators report reveals. The new report published by the National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) used a range of indicators to summarise the condition of Ireland’s natural heritage Read more…

By James Orr, 5 yearsDecember 6, 2017 ago
Biodiversity

Renewed calls for natural flood management techniques across Europe

November 28th, 2017 Traditional flood defences such as dams and levees have been employed in Europe for hundreds of years. However, as these so-called “grey infrastructures” are costly and can have devastating impacts on ecosystems, there has been a call for a new approach to flood management. Green infrastructure solutions, Read more…

By James Orr, 6 yearsNovember 28, 2017 ago
Biodiversity

COP23: The impacts of climate change on wildlife

November 18th, 2017 The impacts of climate change on wildlife were discussed at COP23 in Bonn with innovative assessment tools and novel funding schemes presented as possible solutions. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) hosted a panel discussion Wildlife and Climate Change in the Panda Hub conference room in Bonn on Wednesday. Read more…

By James Orr, 6 yearsNovember 18, 2017 ago
wind turbines birds bats
Biodiversity

Study identifies bats and birds vulnerable to turbine collisions

November 15th, 2017 A new study has identified the birds and bats most vulnerable to collisions with wind turbines, highlighting a potential conflict between renewable energy developments and biodiversity. The recently published study led by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and funded by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative is the Read more…

By James Orr, 6 yearsNovember 15, 2017 ago
News

Meeting explores environmental and economic downsides of overfishing

November 10th, 2017 The environmental and economic downsides of overfishing in Ireland and the opportunities for sustainable fisheries were explored at an event in Dublin yesterday. The Seabed to Seabird event was organized by BirdWatch Ireland (BWI) in collaboration with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Read more…

By James Orr, 6 yearsNovember 10, 2017 ago
creative commons trees
Biodiversity

New project aims to restore and protect one trillion trees by 2050

November 9th, 2017 A new initiative led by three of the world’s’ largest environmental NGOs aims to restore and protect one trillion trees by 2050 was outlined at COP23 in Bonn yesterday. The TrillionTrees project, coordinated by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and BirdLife Read more…

By James Orr, 6 yearsNovember 9, 2017 ago

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