April 20th, 2018 Come out during National Biodiversity Week 2018 (19-27 May) to experience 50 free events taking place all over Ireland! If you want to learn more about marine life and about the marine mammals that can be found in Ireland, then check out some of these exciting events Read more…
April 20th, 2018 National Biodiversity Week is coming up next month so let’s talk about why this week-long program is important to the future success of biodiversity. The week is all about encouraging people to get outdoors, connect with nature, and celebrate the extraordinary variety of flora, fauna, and habitats Read more…
April 18th, 2017 The European Court of Justice has ruled that increased Polish logging activities in the Białowieża forest violates EU law. Ruling yesterday, the ECJ’s judgement declared that the logging is in direct breach of the EU’s Habitats Directive. The ruling also states out that the logging activities violate the Read more…
April 16th, 2018 A leading peatland conservation group is set to highlight the decline of endangered Curlew breeding on Irish bogs at an event in Kildare this weekend. The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) will host an event as part of World Curlew Day on April 21st at the Bog Read more…
April 13th, 2018 New data from the Department of Agriculture reveals that 3,135 tonnes of pesticides were used in Ireland in 2016. Pesticide sprays include herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and other industrial chemicals. The 2016 data points to an increase of 14 tonnes on the previous year, and a jump of Read more…
April 13th, 2018 A new study has found that urban trees in the Irish capital led to higher house prices and may be worth up to €126 billion. The study by the National College of Ireland (NCI) measured the relationship between 20,000 housing properties sold in Dublin in the last Read more…
April 9th, 2018 A pan-European operation backed by Europol has seized 350 kg of live glass eels and disrupted an organised crime ring involved in trafficking the endangered species. Spanish and Portuguese detectives arrested ten suspected members of the gang during Operation Elvers carried out as part of Europol’s project Read more…
April 2nd, 2018 The National Biodiversity Data Center has announced an overhaul of its online data portal to create a more detailed picture of protected, threatened and invasive species across Ireland. This is a significant development by the NBDC as the Biodiversity Maps database now boasts of over 4 million Read more…
March 31st, 2018 Biodiversity is declining in every region of the world, impacting nature’s capacity to provide food, water, and safety to people, four UN-backed science reports have warned. The analysis from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is the result of three years of work Read more…
23rd March 2018 Addressing the immediate and long-term risks and impacts of climate change must be a priority for priority for all Governments in the British Isles, the British-Irish Council said today. This was one of the key findings of Environmental Ministers as the British-Irish Council (BIC) environment division met today Read more…
