March 14th, 2019 All next week small-scale seed producers across Ireland and the UK will be celebrating Seed Week to raise awareness of the benefits of buying locally grown organic seed. The coordinator of the week, the Gaia Foundation, is also championing its Seed Sovereignty programme in Ireland that will Read more…
March 12th, 2019 Native red squirrel numbers are on the rise as its grey rival declines in areas where the protected pine marten has started to recover, according to researchers. Since their introduction in 1911, the grey squirrel has spread throughout a large area of the island of Ireland. The Read more…
March 1st, 2019 Gorse fires started in the Wicklow uplands during an exceptionally dry February are damaging to the environment and a threat to public safety, the Wicklow Upland Council (WUC) has said. Since Monday a number of fires were identified at Hollywood, Bohernabreena, Kippure and Lacken, with the Irish Read more…
March 1st, 2019 Hundreds of activists are expected to mark World Wildlife Day this weekend with a mock memorial service in the centre of Dublin to highlight the extinction crisis that our planet is currently facing. The event, hosted by Extinction Rebellion Ireland (XRI), will see a coffin representing the Read more…
March 1st, 2019 The Minister for Heritage has announced that she will not make regulations to extend the season for the burning of vegetation into March this year following an “exceptionally dry” winter. The Wildlife Acts currently restricts the cutting, burning or destruction of vegetation on uncultivated land or in Read more…
February 21st, 2019 The Green Party has called on the government to stop paying lip service to biodiversity protection and invest €50 million in the chronically underfunded National Parks and Wildlife Service. As Ireland’s first National Biodiversity Conference comes to a close, the Greens want the positive momentum of the Read more…
February 21st, 2019 The Government must follow the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and ensure environmental laws are enforced to save our increasingly fragile eco-system, the coordinator of Ireland’s largest environmental coalition has said. Speaking during the closing session of the National Biodiversity Conference this afternoon, Michael Ewing of the Environmental Read more…
February 21st, 2019 Our outdated prescriptive and rule-based one size fits all agri-environmental payment system needs to be replaced by schemes focused on delivering results, a biodiversity conference has heard. This week’s first-ever national biodiversity conference is examining ways in which Ireland’s agricultural sector – grassland makes up roughly 60 Read more…
February 21st, 2019 If we get biodiversity protection right, we will also address issues in food production, healthcare, the economy and climate change, one of the world’s leading conservationists told the National Biodiversity Conference today. Inger Andersen, director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that Read more…
February 21st, 2019 The voices of conservationists, environmental NGOs and biodiversity specialists must be prioritised in the face of the extinction crisis currently facing the world, the President has said. Speaking at Ireland’s first ever biodiversity conference this morning, Michael D Higgins told the audience that the timeframe to transform Read more…
